The criminology of place : street segments and our understanding of the crime problem /

The study of crime has focused primarily on why particular people commit crime or why specific communities have higher crime levels than others. In The Criminology of Place, David Weisburd, Elizabeth Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang present a new and different way of looking at the crime problem by examinin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weisburd, David
Otros Autores: Groff, Elizabeth (Elizabeth R.), Yang, Sue-Ming
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Crime > Environmental aspects.
Geographical offender profiling.
Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
Crime scenes.
Crime analysis.
Crime prevention.
Profilage géographique.
Lieux du crime.
Criminalité > Analyse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime analysis
Crime > Environmental aspects
Crime prevention
Crime scenes
Criminal behavior, Prediction of
Geographical offender profiling
Kriminalgeografie
Mikrogeografie
Straße
Segment
Täterprofil
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
Location specific crime > United States of America.
Geographic distribution of crime > United States of America.
Crime patterns > United States of America.
High crime areas > United States of America.
Situational crime prevention > United States of America.
Longitudinal studies > United States of America.
Brott.
Brottsförebyggande verksamhet.
Situationell brottsprevention.
Brottsplatser.
Förenta staterna > Seattle.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Putting Crime in Its Place
  • 3. Crime Concentrations and Crime Patterns at Places
  • 4. The Importance of Street Segments in the Production of the Crime Problem
  • 5. Concentrations of Crime Opportunities
  • 6. Are Processes of Social Disorganization Relevant to the Criminology of Place?
  • 7. Understanding Developmental Patterns of Crime at Street Segments
  • 8. Conclusions.

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