Civil Remedies and Crime Prevention

This volume explores the social, legal and political issues raised by the use of civil remedies and contains as well a series of evaluative reports covering current civil remedies practices in the USA, England and Australia. It examines the reasons behind the rapid development and acceptance of civil remedies for crime control purposes; the linkages between civil remedy practices and theories underlying other crime prevention and control initiatives; and the critical dimensions of civil remedy tactics. Contents: Civil Remedies and Crime Prevention: An Introduction, Lorraine Green Mazerolle and Jan Roehl Part 1: Social, Legal and Political Considerations The Role of Civil Sanctions in Crime Control: A Socio-Legal Examination, Sharyn L Roach Anleu Civil Remedies to Control Crime: Legal Issues and Constitutional Challenges, Mary M Cheh Regulating Opportunities: Multiple Roles for Civil Remedies in Situational Crime Prevention, Martha J Smith The Politics of Third-Party Policing, Michael E Buerger Curtailing Youth: A Critique of Coercive Crime Prevention, Robert White Part 2: Controlling Drug Problems Controlling Social Disorder Using Civil Remedies: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment in Oakland, California, Lorraine Green Mazerolle , Jan Roehl and Colleen Kadleck Improving the Management of Rental Properties with Drug Problems: A Randomized Experiment, John E Eck and Julie Wartell More Effective Place Management: An Evaluation of Cook County's Narcotics Nuisance Abatement Unit, Arthur J Lurigio , Robert C Davis , Thomas A Regulus , Victoria E Gwiasda , Susan J Popkin , Mark L Dantzker , Barbara Smith and Lawrence Ovellet The Cost-Effectiveness of Civil Remedies: The Case of Drug Control Interventions, Jonathan P Caulkins Part 3: Community Perspectives Civil Remedies for Controlling Crime: The Role of Community Organizations, Jan Roehl A Co-Production Model of Code Enforcement and Nuisance Abatement, Anne Blumenberg , Brenda Bratton Blom and Erin Artigiani What Do Landlords Think About Drug Abatement Laws?, Barbara E Smith and Robert C Davis Part 4: Civil Remedies In Public Housing Getting Evicted from Public Housing: An Analysis of the Factors Influencing Eviction Decisions in Six Public Housing Sites, Justin Ready , Lorraine Green Mazerolle and Elyse Revere A Case for Partnership: The Local Authority Landlord and the Local Police, Sheridan Morris