Research Article
Security Journal (1999) 12, 67–68; doi:10.1057/palgrave.sj.8340031
Personal Opinion: Alice in Crime Prevention Land (With Apologies to Lewis Carroll)
Steven P Lab
A Professor on the Criminal Justice Program at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
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Abstract
Looking at the state of crime prevention brings to mind the adventures of Alice in Wonderland. Once you fall through the looking glass, you never know quite what you are looking at or what it means. The landscape is constantly changing, often, seemingly, with no rhyme or reason. A brief review of modern crime prevention demonstrates my point.
