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Record Nr.

UNINA9910252703103321

Autore

Frailing Kelly

Titolo

Toward a criminology of disaster : what we know and what we need to find out / / by Kelly Frailing, Dee Wood Harper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-137-46914-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 224 pages) : 2 illustrations

Collana

Disaster Studies

Disciplina

307.76

364

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Area studies

Crime prevention

Political Crimes

Violence

Crime

Urban Studies/Sociology

Area Studies

Crime Prevention

State Crimes

Violence and Crime

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. The Case for a Criminology of Disaster -- Chapter 2. Conceptualizing Fear in the Disaster Context -- Chapter 3. Property Crime in Disaster -- Chapter 4. Interpersonal Violence in Disaster -- Chapter 5. Fraud in Disaster -- Chapter 6. The Resilience of Crime< -- Chapter 7. The Resilience of Communities -- Chapter 8. Culture and a Criminology of Disaster.

Sommario/riassunto

This book puts forward a comprehensive criminology of disaster by drawing - and building - upon existing theories which attempt to explain disaster crime. Although antisocial behaviour in disasters has long been viewed as a rarity, the authors present ample evidence that a



variety of crime occurs in the wake of disaster. Frailing and Harper's explorations of property crime, interpersonal violence and fraud during disaster reveal the importance of methodological approaches to understanding these phenomena. They highlight the need for the application of social disorganization, routine activity and general strain theories of crime in the development of disaster crime prevention strategies. An accessible and detailed study, this book will have particular appeal for both students and scholars of criminology, sociology, disaster studies and emergency management.