Crime Prevention Topics

• Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT)
• Hot spots policing
• Drug courts
• Veterans courts
• Three strikes laws
• Sex offender registries
• Sex offender residence restrictions
• Third party policing
• Community policing
• Closed circuit television cameras
• Neighborhood watch programs
• Restorative justice
• Faith-based programs for inmates
• Functional family therapy
• Drug Abuse Resistance and Education (DARE)
• Gun buyback programs
• Correctional boot camps

An empirical research article is a journal article in which the author/s have conducted a research experiment of their own by observing, recording, or analyzing data. They are not reporting on research done by others (as in a systematic review), giving their opinion or arguing for a particular policy.

Look for: a METHODS section