A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious Crime by Braga, A. New<-

A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious CrimeFocused Deterrence, Legitimacy, and Prevention\nAuthor(s): Anthony A. Braga, David M. Kennedy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108940061, 978-1108940061\nSynopsis\nThis Element examines an increasingly important community crime prevention strategy - focused deterrence. This strategy seeks to change offender behavior by understanding underlying crime-producing dynamics and conditions that sustain recurring crime problems, and implementing a blended set of law enforcement, community mobilization, and social service actions. The approach builds on recent theorizing on optimizing deterrence, mobilizing informal social control, enhancing police legitimacy, and reducing crime opportunities through situational crime prevention. There are three main types of focused deterrence strategies: group violence intervention programs, drug market interventio.