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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796522203321

Autore

Leonard Liam

Titolo

Environmental criminology : spatial analysis and regional issues / / Liam Leonard (California State University)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, [England] : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-78743-458-3

1-78743-377-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 pages)

Collana

Advances in sustainability and environmental justice, , 2051-5030 ; ; v. 20

Disciplina

364.01

Soggetti

Crime - Regional disparities

Criminology - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Prelims -- Framing injustice in green criminology: activism, social movements and geography -- Anthropology at the Red-Green Crossroads -- The Ferguson shooting, 2014: A spatial and media analysis -- Spatial patterns of mass shootings in the United States, 2013 - 2014 -- Homeless demography in Los Angeles County -- Police culture, gender and crime in the Irish Free State -- A spatial analysis of crime: 'The Wire' and depictions of urban crime -- Toward a spatial analysis of methamphetamine in North America -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental Criminology: Spatial Analysis and Regional Issues combines various academic perspectives to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to examining environmental criminology. Using sociological, criminological, anthropological, historical and media analysis, this volume examines local and regional issues in crime. The interdisciplinary nature of the collection makes the book ideal for students or researchers who wish to expand their approach to environmental criminology.