Imagination for Crime Prevention Essays in Honour of Ken Pease

The role of imagination in preventing crime, as exemplified in the career of British criminologist Ken Pease, is celebrated in volume 21 of Crime Prevention Studies. Professor Pease's hundreds of published works include pioneering studies of repeat victimization, situational crime prevention, victimization surveys, crime displacement. predicting crime futures, crime science, and many other topics. In tribute to Dr. Pease, colleagues and former students have contributed 13 chapters to this volume that build upon his groundbreaking research Chapter topics include: a 'prospective obituary/1 of Ken Pease; from crime prevention to crime science; making offender richer; common pitfalls in crime prevention; confusion, conflict and contradiction in designing out crime: has Section 17 of the UK's Crime and Disorder Act been effective?: the Nottingham Burglary Risk Index; the impact of crime on male victims; fear of crime, perceived disorders and property crime: an evaluation of the effects of CCTV on crime: burglary prediction: risky facilities: and repeat victimization in prison. n I addition to the co-editors, the contributing authors include: Rachel Armitage. Jenny Ardley, Trevor H. Bennett. Sylvia Chenery. John Eck., Ronald Clarke. Paul Elblom, Steve Everson, David Farrington, Rob Guerette. Gloria Laycock. Kate Moss, Nick Ross. Mandy Shaw, Nick Tilley, Andromachi Tseloni, Brandon Welsh, P-O. Wikstrom and Pete Woodhouse.