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Author Davidson, R. N., author.

Title Crime and environment / R.N. Davidson
Published London : Routledge, 2019
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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge library editions. Criminology ; Volume 1
Routledge library editions. Criminology ; v. 1
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Dedication Page; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Offences and the Environment; The Classification of Offences; Gross Offence Rate; Offences Against the Person; Offences Against Property; 2. Offenders in Their Environment; Gross Offender Rates: Regional and Inter-urban Variations; Different Types of Offender; Relations Between Offence Locus and Offender Residence: The Journey-to-Crime; Conclusions on the Distributions of Offences and Offenders
3. Ecological Areas and CrimeThe Ecological Tradition; Ecological Dimensions: Opportunity Theories; Ecological Dimensions: Social Disorganisation Theories; Ecological Dimensions: Sub-culture Theories; Criticisms of the Ecological Method; A Typology of Ecological Areas; 4. Crime and the Community; The Production of Official Crime Rates; Patterns of Victimisation; Perceptions of Crime; Fears of Crime; Attitudes to Crime and Support for the Law; The Role of the Community; 5. The Distribution of Justice; Disparities in the Distribution of Justice
Residential Bias in Court Sentencing: A Case StudyJustice and the Community; 6. The Role of Environmental Factors in Crime; Scale and Distance Effects; Environment as Opportunity; Environment as a Label; 7. Reflections; Crime, Environment and Ideology; The Problem of Displacement; Coping With Crime; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 18, 2019)
Subject Criminology.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
Criminology
criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Criminology
Human beings -- Effect of environment on
Form Electronic book
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