1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131251003321

Titolo

The Criminal Act [[electronic resource] ] : The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory / / edited by M. Andresen, G. Farrell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

1-349-48291-9

1-137-39132-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

364.01

Soggetti

Criminology

Organized crime

Crime—Sociological aspects

Forensic science

Sociology

Criminology and Criminal Justice, general

Criminological Theory

Organized Crime

Crime and Society

Forensic Science

Sociology, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Meaningfully and Artfully Reinterpreting Crime for Useful Science: An Essay on the Value of Building with Simple Theory; 3 Routine Activity Theory in Crime Investigation; 4 The Routine Nature of Transnational Crime; 5 Target Suitability and the Crime Drop; 6 Distributive Justice and the Crime Drop; 7 Opportunities for Dispute-Related Violence; 8 Routine Activity Theory: A Cornerstone of Police Crime Analyst Work; 9 Poetry in Motion: The Case of Insider and Outsider Offenders



10 Understanding Crime with Computational Topology11 Factors Associated with Homeless Encampment Locations in Anchorage, Alaska; 12 Nature and Cycle of Cycle Thefts; 13 Time Use Matters for Risk Assessments: Time-Based Victimization Rates for Specific Types of Place; 14 Whistle-blowers as Capable Guardians: The Decision to Report Wrongdoing as a (Boundedly) Rational Choice; 15 Burglary in a Segregated City: Race of Offenders and Community of Offending; 16 Letters to Marcus Felson; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a unique collection of essays in honour of the work of Marcus Felson and his notable contribution to routine activity theory, environmental criminology and the discipline more broadly. Chapter 5 of this book is open access under a CC BY license.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813406903321

Autore

Hirsch Susan F.

Titolo

Mountaintop mining in Appalachia : understanding stakeholders and change in environmental conflict / / Susan F. Hirsch and E. Franklin Dukes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8214-4509-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Studies in Conflict, Justice, and Social Change

Classificazione

SOC053000SOC055000POL044000

Disciplina

333.8/220974

Soggetti

Mountaintop removal mining - Environmental aspects - Appalachian Region

Environmental policy - Appalachian Region

Environmentalism - Appalachian Region

Mountaintop removal mining - Government policy - Appalachian Region

Mountaintop removal mining - Social aspects - Appalachian Region

Appalachian Region Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Residents of the Appalachian coalfields share a history and heritage, deep connections to the land, and pride in their own resilience. These same residents are also profoundly divided over the practice of mountaintop mining-that is, the removal and disposal in nearby valleys of soil and rock in order to reach underlying coal seams. Companies and some miners claim that the practice has reduced energy prices, earned income for shareholders, and provided needed jobs. Opponents of mountaintop mining argue that it poisons Appalachia's waters and devastates entire communities for the sake of short-