Putting Crime in its Place Units of Analysis in Geographic Criminology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weisburd, David (Editor), Bernasco, Wim (Editor), Bruinsma, Gerben J.N (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Sociology.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Sociology, general.

Putting Crime in its Place: Units of Analysis in Geographic Criminology focuses on the units of analysis used in geographic criminology. While crime and place studies have been a part of criminology from the early 19th century, growing interest in crime places over the last two decades demands criti...

Table of Contents:

• Units of Analysis in Geographic Criminology: Historical Development, Critical Issues, and Open Questions
• What Is the Appropriate Level of Investigation of Crime at Place? Theoretical and Methodological Issues
• Why Small Is Better: Advancing the Study of the Role of Behavioral Contexts in Crime Causation
• Where the Action Is at Places: Examining Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Juvenile Crime at Places Using Trajectory Analysis and GIS
• Crime Analysis at Multiple Scales of Aggregation: A Topological Approach
• Geographical Units of Analysis and the Analysis of Crime
• Waves, Particles, and Crime
• Empirical Examples of Crime Place Studies: What Can We Learn?
• Crime, Neighborhoods, and Units of Analysis: Putting Space in Its Place
• Predictive Mapping of Crime by ProMap: Accuracy, Units of Analysis, and the Environmental Backcloth
• Urban Streets as Micro Contexts to Commit Violence
• Determining How Journeys-to-Crime Vary: Measuring Inter- and Intra-Offender Crime Trip Distributions.