Civil Remedies and Crime Prevention (Crime Prevention Studies)

This anthology describes the use of civil remedies in policing and crime prevention programs in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Civil remedies are procedures and sanctions provided in civil statutes and regulations that are used in programs to prevent crime. These remedies include efforts to persuade or coerce non-offending third parties, such as landlords and property owners, to take action in their buildings, as well as the use of restraining orders and injunctions against loitering or congregating in gangs, enhanced enforcement of housing and nuisance codes, and other measures.Part I, Social, Legal and Political Considerations, includes: The Role of Civil Sanctions in Crime Control: A Socio-Legal Examination, by Sharyn Roach Anleu; Civil Remedies to Control Crime: Legal Issues and Constitutional Challenges, by Mary Cheh; Regulating Opportunities: Multiple roles for Civil Remedies in Situational Crime Prevention by Marth J. Smith; The Politics of Third-Party Policing, by Michael Buerger; and Curtailing Youth: A Critique of Coercive Crime Prevention by Robert White.Part II, Controlling Drug Problems, includes: Controlling Social Disorder Using Civil Remedies: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment in Oakland, California, by Lorraine Gree Mazerolle et al.; Improving the Management of Rental Properties with Drug Problems... by John Eck and Julie Wartell; ...An Evaluation of Cook County s Narcotics Nuisance Abatement Unit, by Arthur Lurigio et al.; and The Cost-Effectiveness of Civil Remedies: The Case of Drug Control Interventions, by Jonathan Caulkins.Part III, Community Perspectives, includes: Civil Remedies for Controlling Crime: The Role of Community Organizations, by Jan Roehl; A Co-Production Model of Code Enforcement and Nuisance Abatement, by Anne Blumenberg et al.; and Lwhat Do Landlords Think about Drug Abatement Laws? by Barbara E. Smith and Robert C. Davis.Part IV, Civil Remedies in Public Housing, includes: Gettin