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Crime Prevention for Social Impact and Social Justice: The Ideals, the Challenges, the Progress

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  • Brandon C. Welsh
  • Eric L. Piza

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A growing body of research on evidence-based crime prevention draws attention to a pressing need for these crime prevention programs, policies, and practices to do more to bring about social impact and social justice. Crime prevention that prioritizes social impact is about harnessing the knowledge of evidence-based interventions and fostering systems change that is both meaningful and lasting. This approach includes targeting the social and environmental conditions that lead to criminal activity, building on existing strengths and assets, and tailoring evidence-based practices to local conditions. Social justice in this context equitably delivers crime prevention resources, and promotes perceptions of fairness and legitimacy among individuals and the community at large. In this introduction, we lay out the ideals, challenges, and progress of crime prevention for social impact and social justice and summarize the conclusions of the other articles in this volume of The ANNALS .

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  • Brandon C. Welsh & Eric L. Piza, 2024. "Crime Prevention for Social Impact and Social Justice: The Ideals, the Challenges, the Progress," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 714(1), pages 8-21, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:714:y:2024:i:1:p:8-21
    DOI: 10.1177/00027162251351061
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