Title:
The Oxford handbook of environmental criminology / edited by Gerben J.N. Bruinsma and Shane D. Johnson.
Author:
Bruinsma, Gerben, editor.
Johnson, Shane D., 1971- editor.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
HV6401 .O94 2018
Abstract:
The study of how the environment, local geography, and physical locations influence crime has a long history that stretches across a number of research traditions. These include the neighborhood-effects approach developed by the Chicago school of sociology in the 1920s; modern environmental criminology that explains the geographic distribution of crime; the criminology of place, which focuses on crime rates at specific places over time; and a newer approach that attends to the perception of crime and disorder in communities. Aided by new mobile and digital technologies as well as improved data reporting in recent decades, research in environmental criminology has developed at a rapid pace within each of these approaches. Despite these advances, research in the subfield of environmental criminology remains fragmented, and competing theories are often kept apart. This book takes a different approach and integrates the subfield as a whole. It covers the core theoretical and empirical issues of how and why the environment influences the emergence of crime and how crime can affect the environment. The chapters reflect the diversity in research and theory from all over the Western world. In addition to covering traditional criminological research, the book probes how well current theories of environmental criminology contribute to our understanding of new problems and how well theories travel to other areas, such as West Africa, in which cultural differences might lead to different patterns in offending.
ISBN:
9780190279707
Series:
The Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justice
Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.
Physical Description:
xxii, 938 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Social Spatial Influences / Testing Theories of Social Disorganization in Nigeria / Signal Crimes: How the Harms of Crime and Disorder Travel across Social Space-Time / Egohoods: Capturing Change in Spatial Crime Patterns / Criminology of Places / Built Environment, Land Use and Crime / Street Networks and Crime / Macro Level Generators and Crime (Parks, Stadiums, and Transit Stations) / Mobility and Location Choice of Offenders / Crime Concentrations: Hot Dots, Hot Spots and Hot Flushes / Time and Opportunity / How Do We Get to Causal Clarity on Physical Environment-Crime Dynamics? / Studying Situational Effects of Setting Characteristics: Examples from the Study of Peers, Activities and Neighbourhoods / Guardianship / Place Management / Victimization Surveys in Environmental Criminology / Organized Crime and Places / (Juvenile) Gangs and Space / Riots, Space and Place / Maritime Piracy / Geoprofiling Terrorism / Child Sexual Abuse and Opportunity / Individual Perspective / Does Crime Impact Real Estate Prices? An Assessment of Accessibility and Location / What have we Learned from Environmental Criminology for the Prevention of Crime? / Deciding on the 'Appropriate' Unit of Analysis: Practical Considerations in Environmental Criminology / GIS and Spatial Analysis / Systematic Observation / The Role of Innovative Data Collection Methods in Advancing Criminological Understanding / Computer Simulations. Agent-Based Environmental Criminology / New Steps in Visualization for Research in Environmental Criminology / Environmental Criminology: History, Scope and State of the Art / Cybercrime and Place: Applying Environmental Criminology to Crimes in Cyberspace / Do We Really Need Collective Social Process to Understand Why Crime Occurs and Offenders Commit Crime? / Importance of High Offender Neighborhoods within Environmental Criminology / Four Images of the Delinquent Area / Evaluating Theories of Environmental Criminology: Strengths and Weaknesses / Gated Communities and Crime in the United States / Research on Neighborhoods in European Cities
