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The field of environmental criminology is a staple theoretical framework in contemporary criminological theory. This fully revised and expanded edition is the world's first comprehensive and sole-authored textbook on this influential school of criminological thought and covers a wide range of topics.
List of contents
Part I: Early work on the ecology of crime 1.The beginnings of the geography of crime 2.Social disorganization theory Part II:Theories within environmental criminology 3.Routine activity approach 4.Geometry of crime 5.Rational choice perspective 6.Theoretical integration in environmental criminology 7.Crime prevention: theory PART III:The practice of environmental criminology 8.Crime prevention: implementation, evaluation, and empirical evidence 9.Crime measurement 10.Spatial issues with crime analysis 11.Hot spots of crime 12.The temporal dimension of crime 13.Environmental criminology and the crime drop 14.Geographic profiling 15.(Near-) repeat victimization 16.Journey to crime 17.Crime and place
About the author
Martin A. Andresen is Professor at the School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Summary
The field of environmental criminology is a staple theoretical framework in contemporary criminological theory. This fully revised and expanded edition is the world’s first comprehensive and sole-authored textbook on this influential school of criminological thought and covers a wide range of topics.
