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Prevention Versus Intervention

By: Jennifer Pealer & John T. Whitehead
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology
Edited by: Robert D. Morgan
Subject:Psychology of Criminal Behavior , Mental Disorders & Crime, Forensic Psychology
Keywords:crime; crime prevention; prevention

Crime prevention refers to efforts to prevent delinquency from occurring before a crime has ever taken place, whereas intervention is focused on preventing future crime by those who have previously engaged in delinquency activities. Most crime prevention programs are operated outside the formal criminal justice or juvenile justice system. This entry discusses both crime prevention and correctional interventions, research on their effectiveness, and conclusions scholars have drawn regarding prevention versus intervention.

Crime Prevention

Crime prevention may be categorized into three systems. First, developmental crime prevention programs target individual risk and protective factors that are known causes of delinquency. One type of crime prevention is early childhood programs such as preschool education and home visits, which attempted to improve the child’s education and parenting. Other programs focused on ...

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  Pealer, J., & Whitehead, J. (2019). Prevention versus intervention. In R. Morgan (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of criminal psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 1075-1077). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483392240.n350
  
  Pealer, Jennifer, and John T. Whitehead. "Prevention Versus Intervention." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology, edited by Morgan, Robert D., 1075-77. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483392240.n350.
  
  Pealer, J. and Whitehead, J. 2019. Prevention Versus Intervention. In: Robert D. Morgan Editor, 2019. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1075-1077 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483392240.n350> [Accessed 1 Jul 2022].
  
  Pealer, Jennifer and John T. Whitehead. "Prevention Versus Intervention." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Edited by Robert D. Morgan. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 1075-77. SAGE Knowledge. 1 Jul 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483392240.n350.
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