The criminology of place [electronic resource] : street segments and our understanding of the crime problem /
by Weisburd, David; Groff, Elizabeth (Elizabeth R.); Yang, Sue-Ming.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource : ill.ISBN: 9780199979110 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Criminology | Geographical offender profiling | Crime preventionOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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