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Opportunity, environmental characteristics and crime : an analysis of auto theft patterns /
Levy develops a model to identify the opportunity and environmental characteristics of repeat victimization of auto theft. At the community level, locations of apartments, bars, and auto repair shops create increased opportunity for auto theft. At the site level, she matches repeat auto theft locati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
2009.
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| Colección: | Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1
- Introduction to the Research; Introduction; Importance of Research; 2
- Community Crime Patterns; Introduction; Ecological Theory; Community-level Scholarship; 3
- High Crime Areas & Opportunity Structures; Introduction; Opportunity Literature; Pattern Theory; Hot Spots; Repeat Victimization; 4
- Micro/Site-level Crime Patterns; Introduction; Site-level Scholarship; 5
- A Multi-level Investigation of Auto Theft; Community-level Research; Site-level Research; 6
- A Community-level Investigation of Auto Theft; Introduction; The Models -Auto Theft in Lexington-Fayette
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- A Site-level Investigation of Auto TheftIntroduction; Database Description; 8
- Discussion of the Relevance of the Environment on Auto Theft; Community-level Discussion; Site-level Discussion; 9
- Discussion of the Limitations to Studying the Effects of the Environment on Auto Theft; Introduction; City Selection; Community-level Analysis; Site-level Analysis; Review of Limitations; 10
- Policy Implications: Studying the Effects of the Environment on Crime; Lessons; Practical Issues; Using W.A.L.L.S. and the Opportunity Structure for other Crimes; The Future of Geographic Analyses
- The Future of Crime PreventionReferences; Index