Weisburd, David.
The criminology of place street segments and our understanding of the crime problem / [electronic resource] : David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The authors present a new way of looking at crime by examining why specific streets in a city have specific crime trends over time. Reorienting the study of crime by focusing not on individuals and communities, but on small units of geography the authors identify a large group of possible crime risk and protective factors for street segments and an array of interventions that could be implemented to address them.
9780199979110 (ebook) : No price
Criminology.
Geographical offender profiling.
Crime prevention.
HV6150
364.9
The criminology of place street segments and our understanding of the crime problem / [electronic resource] : David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The authors present a new way of looking at crime by examining why specific streets in a city have specific crime trends over time. Reorienting the study of crime by focusing not on individuals and communities, but on small units of geography the authors identify a large group of possible crime risk and protective factors for street segments and an array of interventions that could be implemented to address them.
9780199979110 (ebook) : No price
Criminology.
Geographical offender profiling.
Crime prevention.
HV6150
364.9