Classics in environmental criminology / / editors, Martin A. Andresen, Paul J. Brantingham, Bryan J. Kinney

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (554 p.)
• Disciplina: 364
• Soggetto topico: Crime - Environmental aspects; Criminology
• Altri autori: AndresenMartin A BrantinghamPaul J KinneyBryan J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Texts; Permissions; About the Editors; Table of Contents; Part I: Early Work on the Ecology of Crime; Body; Chapter 1: The Place of Environmental Criminology within Criminological Though; Chapter 2: Of the Developmentof the Propensity to Crime (1842); Chapter 3: Localities of Crimein Suffolk (1856); Chapter 4: Juvenile Delinquency in a Small City (1916); Chapter 5: Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas; Chapter 6: Urban Ecological Aspects of Crime in Akron (1974); Chapter 7: Intraurban Crime Patterns (1974) ; Part II: Classics in Environmental CriminologyChapter 8: Social Change and Crime Rate Trends; Chapter 9: Routine Activities and Crime; Chapter 10: Notes on the Geometry of Crime (1981); Chapter 11: The Use of Space in Burglary (1985); Chapter 12: Nodes, Paths, and Edges; Chapter 13: Modeling Offenders' Decisions; Chapter 14: Linking Criminal Choices, Routine Activities, Informal Control, and Criminal Outcomes (1986); Chapter 15: Understanding Crime Displacement; Chapter 16: Environment, Routine, and Situation; Part III: Environmental Criminology and Crime Prevention ; Chapter 17: A Conceptual Model of Crime Prevention (1976)Chapter 18: Crime Preventionand Control through EnvironmentalEngineering (1969); Chapter 19: Criminal Behavior and the Physical Environment A Perspective; Chapter 20: Situational Crime Prevention Theory and Practice; Chapter 21: Routine Activities and Crime Preventionin the Developing Metropolis (1987)*; Chapter 22: Future Spaces; References; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: "A careful analysis of environmental factors is key to understanding the causes of crime, to solving crimes, and eventually helping to predict and prevent them. Classics in Environmental Criminology is a comprehensive collection of seminal pieces from legendary contributors who focus on the role that the immediate environment plays in the occurrence of a crime.Defines the fieldDivided into three parts, the book begins by highlighting the development of environmental criminology as a discipline through its origins in spatial criminology. It examines social disorganization theory, which explains criminal activity with reference to the characteristics of the community that delinquents live in. It then discusses the ecology of crime with reference to macroenvironments and microenvironments. The next section introduces concepts such as routine activity theory, the geometric theory of crime, the rational choice theory of offending, and crime pattern theory. Offers perspectives on preventionThe last part focuses on the concept of crime prevention, examines the idea of altering the environment in order to prevent crime, and discusses situational crime factors and efforts to reduce the opportunities for crimes to be committed. It considers the impact of routine activities on crime prevention initiatives and advocates a flexible approach to crime prevention based on the dynamic nature of our environment. The book concludes with a chapter outlining how environmental criminology has evolved in recent years and provides a future outlook on where it may be headed.Invaluable as a textbook and as a professional reference, this volume is a comprehensive survey of a critical field in contemporary criminological theory. Offering insight assembled by top academic figures within the criminology community, this work is destined to provoke further inquiry and research."--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Classics in environmental criminology
• ISBN: 0-429-24587-4; 1-4398-1780-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818790903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II