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Burglary / R.I. Mawby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mawby, R. I.
- Series:
- Crime and society series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burglary.
- Burglary protection.
- Physical Description:
- x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2001.
- Contents:
- Burglary in debate 3
- Defining burglary 4
- Sources used in the book 8
- Part 2 The problem 13
- 2 Burglary: the folk crime of the new millennium? 15
- Anxiety about burglary 16
- The extent of burglary 17
- The myth of the 'average person': variations in risk 22
- Variations in levels of anxiety 30
- 3 The impact of burglary 35
- Research on burglary victims 37
- Financial problems 40
- Other effects of burglary 45
- Long-term impacts: fear 47
- Differing impact 48
- 4 Repeat burglary 51
- The history of the concept 52
- The extent of repeat victimisation 53
- The time course of repeats 54
- Differential risks 55
- Explaining repeat victimisation 57
- Case study: the impact of repeat victimisation 58
- Discussion: policy implications 59
- 5 Burglars 61
- The characteristics of burglars 62
- Specialising in burglary 64
- Drugs and burglary 65
- Explaining burglary 68
- Social networks: co-offenders and fences 69
- Burglars' targets 71
- Part 3 The policy response 77
- 6 Alternative approaches to burglary reduction 79
- Crime prevention 79
- Crime prevention and the police 80
- Private policing 81
- Case study: public perceptions of private security in Plymouth 82
- Neighbourhood watch 85
- Target hardening 88
- 7 Comprehensive strategies for burglary reduction 94
- The Secured by Design initiative 95
- The Kirkholt Burglary Prevention Project 95
- The Safer Cities programme 98
- Case study: burglary reduction initiatives in Plymouth 101
- The Burglary Reduction Initiative 111
- Risk, fear and the elderly initiatives 113
- The 1998 Crime and Disorder Act 114
- Evaluating intervention 114
- 8 Police services for burglary victims 118
- Policing in a cross-national context: the ICVS 120
- Case study: police response to burglary victims in Europe 122
- Worldwide examples of improvements to policing 130
- Evaluating policing: England and Wales 131
- Case study: victims' perceptions of police services in Devon and Cornwall 134
- 9 Victim assistance programmes 139
- Victim assistance programmes: an overview 140
- Victim Support in England and Wales 141
- Needs and services 148
- Case study: identifying unmet needs in Europe 151
- 10 Commercial burglary 154
- The nature and extent of commercial burglary 155
- Case study: the effects of commercial burglary 157
- Victims' perceptions of police services 159
- The extent of security 160
- Offending patterns 162
- 11 Detection and sentencing 167
- Detection 167
- Innovations in detection 171
- Operations against the distribution of stolen goods 173
- Cautions and conviction 174
- Public attitudes towards sentencing 175
- Imprisonment 178
- Noncustodial alternatives 182
- Targeting drug misusers 186.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-205) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1903240336
- 1903240328
- OCLC:
- 45736956
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