Place matters : criminology for the 21st century / by David Weisburd, John E. Eck, Anthony A. Braga, Cody W. Telep, Breanne Cave, [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weisburd, David, author.

Eck, John E., author.

Braga, Anthony Allan, 1969- author.

Telep, Cody W., author.

Cave, Breanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology.

Physical Description:

xxii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Over the last two decades there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes scholars to examine small geographic areas within cities, often as small as addresses or street segments, for their contribution to crime. The authors describe what is known about crime and place, providing the most up-to-date and comprehensive.

Contents:

Crime places within criminological thought

The concentration of crime at place

Theories of crime and place

The importance of place in mainstream criminology and related fields: influences and lessons to be learned

Methods of place-based research

Reducing crime at high crime places: practice and evidence

Crime places in the criminological imagination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107609495

1107609496

OCLC:

923794113