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E-booklet on Effective Violence Prevention
Violence can be detrimental for victims, communities, and society. Hence, preventing violence is of paramount importance. There are several strategies that prevent violence from happening. If you’re interested in crime prevention, this brief 5-page e-booklet will show you some of these prevention strategies. The five strategies that I cover are backed up by robust and sound criminological research studies. These studies provide considerable evidence that these strategies work in reducing violent crime.
Criminology Theories Chart
This downloadable 1-page pdf chart provides a criminology theories summary. It is a brief overview of the most common explanations for crime and criminal behavior. It covers the central content of each of these theories and also lists the criminologists who are the founders of the theories. It’s a handy list that you can download and also print out if you’d like to.
Psychology of Crime Chart
I also have a downloadable 1-page pdf chart just on psychological explanations of crime for you. It provides a quick glance at criminal psychology and at how the field of psychology explains crime. It covers fundamental topics such as the role or personality in crime, mental disorders, psychopathy, and developmental psychology.
The Psychology Checklist by Hare
