Abstract
The book particularly focuses on the possibilities in the field of criminal behaviour which can be considered a part of risk behaviour. The subject of the book is thus crime prevention.
The publication is thematically divided into five chapters. The introductory chapter is a summary of the theoretical rudiments of crime prevention.
It deals with crime prevention in general; with special attention (devoted) to various approaches – to concepts such as crime or crime prevention in particular. This part also discusses basic objectives of different types of crime prevention.
Due to the orientation of the target group, the social crime prevention is discussed first, followed by a brief overview of the nature and content of situational and victimological prevention. This chapter also includes an overview of key documents and authorities dealing with crime prevention on the level of the United Nations, European Union and Council of Europe.
Given the importance of evaluation of preventive activities, the following section is devoted to selected examples of successful and unsuccessful foreign preventive programmes in the field of social crime prevention. A separate chapter is devoted to a brief description of the situation in crime prevention in the Czech Republic.
The next two chapters deal with the status and activities of the Police of the Czech Republic and the Municipal Police of the Capital City of Prague in the field of crime prevention. These chapters provide an overview of police forces tasks and activities in prevention; both in general as well as specific to school environment.
The final/closing part discusses a very topical issue of testing children and adolescents for substance use. Chapters also contain useful contacts of professionals dealing with the topic of crime prevention.