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9. Designing and Evaluating Crime Prevention Solutions for the Digital Age

Authors : Russell Brewer, Melissa de Vel-Palumbo, Alice Hutchings, Thomas Holt, Andrew Goldsmith, David Maimon

Published in: Cybercrime Prevention

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter draws together the key empirical strands that have emerged throughout the preceding chapters and explicates the practical dimensions of this work. It acknowledges first that there has been very little research evaluating the effects of crime prevention initiatives on cybercrime. It then outlines ways in which this gap can be addressed in the future, and some of the issues that both researchers and practitioners will need to be aware of when it comes to implementing and evaluating cybercrime interventions. This chapter concludes by offering a number of recommendations for practitioners and researchers seeking to evaluate cybercrime interventions in the future.

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Title: Designing and Evaluating Crime Prevention Solutions for the Digital Age
Authors: Russell Brewer
Melissa de Vel-Palumbo
Alice Hutchings
Thomas Holt
Andrew Goldsmith
David Maimon
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Cybercrime Prevention
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-31068-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-31069-1

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31069-1_9

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