Crime Script Analysis: Preventing Crimes Against Business

✍ Scribed by Harald Haelterman (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 276
• Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book positions script analysis as a useful and pragmatic tool, which can guide the selection and implementation of preventive measures in business environments. It illustrates how the concept aligns with the crime-specific orientation found in environmental criminology, and particularly explores the theoretical foundations of situational crime prevention, the approach to which it is deemed most relevant and supportive.
The volume provides clear guidance on how to apply script analysis in daily practice, covering its main building blocks and key features. These are illustrated by a series of case studies into various crime types. Moving beyond the use of script analysis with the intent to disrupt the crime-commission process, the author further explores the wider benefits of the approach to both academics and practitioners. He identifies what is needed most if we want to embrace the full potential of script analysis for preventive purposes. <

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Crimes as Scripts....Pages 7-26
Crime and Criminality....Pages 27-111
Scripting Crime Against Business....Pages 113-159
Case Studies....Pages 161-224
Wider Benefits and Future Development Needs....Pages 225-241
Conclusions....Pages 243-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-262

✦ Subjects

Criminological Theory;Policing;Crime and Society;Business and Management, general