1st Edition

Classics in Environmental Criminology

552 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

551 Pages
by Routledge

A careful analysis of environmental factors is key to understanding the causes of crime, to solving crimes, and eventually helping to predict and prevent them. Classics in Environmental Criminology is a comprehensive collection of seminal pieces from legendary contributors who focus on the role that the immediate environment plays in the occurrence of a crime. Defines the field... Read more

Early Work on the Ecology of Crime

The Place of Environmental Criminology within Criminological Thought; M.A. Andresen

Of the Development of the Propensity to Crime (1842); L.A.J. Quetelet

Localities of Crime in Suffolk (1856); J. Glyde

Juvenile Delinquency in a Small City (1916); E.W. Burgess

Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas: A Study of Rates of Delinquency in Relation to Differential Characteristics of Local Communities in American Cities (1969); C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay

Urban Ecological Aspects of Crime in Akron (1974); G.F. Pyle, E.W. Hanten, P.G. Williams, A.L. Pearson II, J.G. Doyle, and K. Kwofie

Intraurban Crime Patterns (1974); K.D. Harries

Classics in Environmental Criminology

Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach (1979); L.E. Cohen and M. Felson

Routine Activities and Crime: An Analysis of Victimization in Canada (1990); L.W. Kennedy and D.R. Forde

Notes on the Geometry of Crime (1981); P.L. Brantingham and P.J. Brantingham

The Use of Space in Burglary (1985); G.F. Rengert and J. Wasilchick

Nodes, Paths, and Edges: Considerations on the Complexity of Crime and the Physical Environment (1993); P.L. Brantingham and P.J. Brantingham

Modeling Offenders’ Decisions: A Framework for Research and Policy (1985); R.V. Clarke and D.B. Cornish

Linking Criminal Choices, Routine Activities, Informal Control, and Criminal Outcomes (1986); M. Felson

Understanding Crime Displacement: An Application of Rational Choice Theory (1987); D.B. Cornish and R.V.G. Clarke

Environment, Routine, and Situation: Toward a Pattern Theory of Crime (1993); P.L. Brantingham and P.J. Brantingham

Environmental Criminology and Crime Prevention

A Conceptual Model of Crime Prevention (1976); P.J. Brantingham and F.L. Faust

Crime Prevention and Control through Environmental Engineering (1969); C.R. Jeffery

Criminal Behavior and the Physical Environment: A Perspective; C.R. Jeffery

Situational Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice; R.V.G. Clarke

Routine Activities and Crime Prevention in the Developing Metropolis (1987); M. Felson

Future Spaces: Classics in Environmental Criminology—Where Do We Go from Here? B. Kinney

References

Index

Biography

Martin A. Andresen is an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University School of Criminology. His areas of interest are spatial crime analysis, geography of crime, environmental criminology, applied spatial statistics and geographical information analysis, and (critical) quantitative methods.

Paul J. Brantingham is a Professor at Simon Fraser University School of Criminology. His areas of interest are computational criminology, environmental criminology, the ecology of crime, crime analysis, historical criminology, comparative criminal justice, legal aid, and related matters.

J. Bryan Kinney is an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University School of Criminology. His areas of interest are environmental criminology theory, geography of crime, police studies, crime prevention and crime reduction, and quantitative research methods.