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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255267403321

Titolo

Crime Prevention in the 21st Century : Insightful Approaches for Crime Prevention Initiatives / / edited by Benoit LeClerc, Ernesto U. Savona

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-319-27793-6

9783319277936

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 pages)

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Criminology

Criminology and Criminal Justice, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Section 1: The Offenders’ Perspective on Crime Prevention.- Section 2: Crime Script Analysis -- Section 3: Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis -- Section 4: Social Network Analysis.- Section 5. Agent-Based Modelling.- Section 6: Crime-Proofing Legislations.- Section 7: Technologies.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together a series of original contributions made by international experts dedicated to guiding efforts in preventing crime. The collection is divided into seven sections that cover cutting edge approaches to crime prevention:  1) the offenders’ perspective on crime prevention 2) crime script analysis  3) crime mapping and spatial analysis 4) social network analysis 5) agent-based modelling 6) crime-proofing legislations  7) technologies of crime prevention Each section includes one theoretical chapter to introduce the research approach followed by a series of empirical/applied contributions. The theoretical chapter aims to introduce and explain the approach of interest and discusses under which circumstances this strategy could best assist crime prevention. The objective of empirical/applied contributions is simply to showcase how these approaches can be apply. This collection can be seen as the end result of the convergence of novel ideas and analytical skills in the area of crime and crime prevention



worldwide. It will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, as well as related fields like Sociology and Psychology, Security, Urban Planning, and Public Policy.