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A comprehensive and up-to-date examination of a number of key crime and policing issues. Drawing on case material, the book examines the significance of spatial patterns of crime and the processes which produce them.
HALF-TITLE......Page 1
TITLE......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 4
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
Part I METHODOLOGIES AND SOURCES......Page 16
1: EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME AND PLACE......Page 17
2: LEFT REALISM AND THE SPATIAL STUDY OF CRIME......Page 37
3: LOCAL AREA PROFILES OF CRIME......Page 57
4: IS THERE A ROLE FOR SPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN FORMULATING MULTI-AGENCY CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES?......Page 68
Part II CRIME AND POLICING: SPATIAL PATTERNS AND SOCIAL PROCESSES......Page 83
5: WHERE CRIMINALS LIVE......Page 84
6: THE JOURNEY TO CRIME......Page 96
7: HOUSING MARKETS AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY CRIME CAREERS......Page 103
8: CRIME AWARENESS AND URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS......Page 126
9: DIFFERENT WORLDS......Page 142
10: A PLACE FOR EVERY CRIME AND EVERY CRIME IN ITS PLACE......Page 166
11: POLICING THE UPPER WORLD......Page 183
12: POLICE PRACTICES AND CRIME RATES IN THE LOWER WORLD......Page 195
Part III CRIME AND POLICING: POLICY PERSPECTIVES......Page 213
13: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME PREVENTION......Page 214
14: THEMES AND VARIATIONS IN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH......Page 226
15: INITIATIVES IN POLICING LONDONβS BRIXTON SINCE THE 1981 RIOTS......Page 237
16: TOWARDS LOCALLY SENSITIVE POLICING?......Page 252
INDEX......Page 269
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