Realist Evaluation for Crime Science (Crime Science Series)

This collection of essays, published to mark the 20th anniversary of Realistic Evaluation, celebrates the work of Professor Nick Tilley and his significant influence on the fields of policing, crime reduction and evaluation. With contributions from colleagues, co-authors and former students, many of whom are leading scholars in their own right, the thirteen essays which make up this volume contain both personal reflections and analysis of the prominent topics in Professor Tilley’s forty years of scholarship.

Graham Farrell is Professor at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds. He has published many studies relating to Crime Science. He has been fortunate, both professionally and personally, to know and learn from Nick Tilley for 25 years, including the last decade or so researching the international crime drop together.

Aiden Sidebottom is Senior Lecturer at the Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, University College London. His main research interests are situational crime prevention, problem-oriented policing and programme evaluation. He recently co-edited the Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety (2nd edition, with Nick Tilley).