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diffusion of benefits  

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  • Outcome evaluations of crime prevention efforts focus on changes in the level of the targeted crime, fear of crime, and/or citizen behavior. The fact that most prevention programs are place specific means that evaluations typically focus only on changes within the target neighborhood or community. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Diffusion of Benefits]

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