The criminal act : the role and influence of routine activity theory

295 Pages·2015·1.317 MB·English

by  Andresen, Martin A., Farrell, Graham

The Criminal Act
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The Criminal Act
The Role and Influence of Routine
Activity Theory
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Martin A. Andresen
AssociateProfessor,SimonFraserUniversity,Canada
Graham Farrell
Professor,SimonFraserUniversity,Canada
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Thecriminalact:theroleandinfluenceofroutineactivity
theory/[editedby]MartinA.Andresen,GrahamFarrell.
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“ThisbookisafestschrifthonouringtheworkofMarcus
Felson”—Introduction.
Includesbibliographicalreferences.
1. Criminology. 2. Crime. I. Felson,Marcus,1947–
II. Andresen,MartinA. III. Farrell,Graham.
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Contents
ListofFiguresandTables ix
Preface xii
NotesonContributors xiii
1 Introduction 1
MartinA.AndresenandGrahamFarrell
2 MeaningfullyandArtfullyReinterpretingCrimefor
UsefulScience:AnEssayontheValueofBuildingwith
SimpleTheory 5
JohnE.EckandTamaraD.Madensen
3 RoutineActivityTheoryinCrimeInvestigation 19
D.KimRossmoandLuciaSummers
4 TheRoutineNatureofTransnationalCrime 33
GiselaBichlerandAiliMalm
5 TargetSuitabilityandtheCrimeDrop 59
NickTilley,GrahamFarrell,andRonaldV.Clarke
OPEN ThischapterisavailableopenaccessunderaCCBYlicense
viapalgraveconnect.com
6 DistributiveJusticeandtheCrimeDrop 77
DainisIgnatansandKenPease
7 OpportunitiesforDispute-RelatedViolence 88
RichardB.Felson
8 RoutineActivityTheory:ACornerstoneofPoliceCrime
AnalystWork 108
RachelBobaSantos
9 PoetryinMotion:TheCaseofInsiderandOutsider
Offenders 115
KateBowersandShaneD.Johnson
10 UnderstandingCrimewithComputationalTopology 131
PatriciaL.BrantinghamandPaulJ.Brantingham
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11 FactorsAssociatedwithHomelessEncampmentLocations
inAnchorage,Alaska 146
SharonChamard
12 NatureandCycleofCycleThefts 169
JohannesKnutsson
13 TimeUseMattersforRiskAssessments:Time-Based
VictimizationRatesforSpecificTypesofPlace 177
AMLemieux
14 Whistle-blowersasCapableGuardians:TheDecisionto
ReportWrongdoingasa(Boundedly)RationalChoice 196
RichardWortley
15 BurglaryinaSegregatedCity:RaceofOffendersand
CommunityofOffending 214
GeorgeRengert,BrianLockwood,andElizabethR.Groff
16 LetterstoMarcusFelson 240
Index 258
Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 ThedevelopmentofRoutineActivityTheory 8
2.2 RAT+–Explainingcapabilities 11
3.1 Routineactivitiesandthedynamiccontextofcrime 25
3.2 Victimtrailanalysis 27
3.3 Offender,victim,andenvironmentanalyticframework 28
4.1 Digitaltrailoffinancialdataleftbyashopper 36
4.2 Proximitylandscapeunderlyingtargetsandguardians 38
4.3 Placemanagermultipliereffect 40
4.4 Nestedcrimetriangles 43
4.5 Crimeincontextofglobalmarketsystemsand
intersectingsupercontrollers 44
4.6 Thependulumoflegalandillicitmarketactivities 51
4.7 Correlationbetweenlengthofco-offending
relationshipsandgroupcomplexity 52
5.1 ViolentcrimeandmotorvehicletheftintheUnited
States,1960–2012(UCR) 61
5.2 Householdburglaryrate,EnglandandWales,1981–2011 63
5.3 PrevalenceofhouseholdsecuritydevicesinEnglandand
Wales,1992–2007/2008 64
5.4 Proportionofburglaryvictimsandnon-victimswith
securitydevicesinEnglandandWalesin2008 65
5.5 Meansofentryasindicatoroftheroleofsecurity:
BurglarywithentryinEnglandandWales,1992–2011 66
5.6 Year-on-yearchangeinburglariesbyentrymethod,
EnglandandWales,1994–2011 67
5.7 Changesinlevelsoffulldoubleglazingandburglary
withentry,1996–2008 69
6.1 Meanvictimizationsperhouseholdbydecile,CSEW
sweeps,1982–2012 81
6.2 Proportionoftotalvictimizationsbydecile,CSEW
sweeps,1982–2012 82
6.3 Meanvictimizationsperhouseholdbydecileusing
victimforms,CSEWsweeps,1982–2012 82
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