Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis by Richard Wortley

Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis by Richard Wortley

Environmental criminology is a generic label that covers a range of overlapping perspectives. At the core, the various strands of environmental criminology are bound by a common focus on the role that the immediate environment plays in the performance of crime, and a conviction that careful analyses of these environmental influences are the key to the effective investigation, control and prevention of crime. Environmental Crime and Crime Analysis brings together for the first time the key contributions to environmental criminology to comprehensively define the field and synthesize the concepts and ideas surrounding environmental criminology. The chapters are written by leading theorists and practitioners in the field. Each chapter will analyze one of the twelve major elements of environmental criminology and crime analysis. This book will be essential reading for both practitioners and undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in this subject.

'The most significant writers explain the most significant ideas in environmental criminology and crime analysisThis book will become a key source for anyone seriously interested in crime prevention as an analyst, researcher, policy-maker or practitioner.' − Professor Nick Tilley, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Richard Wortley is Professor and Director of the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science. He has a PhD in psychology, and worked as a prison psychologist for ten years before moving to academia. Lorraine Mazerolle is a Research Professor in the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland. She is also the Foundation Director and a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), a Chief Investigator in the Drug Policing Modeling Program, and the ISSR 'Policing and Security' Program Director.

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ISBN 13	9781843922803
ISBN 10	1843922800
Title	Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis
Author	Richard Wortley
Series	Crime Science Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2008-06-01
Number of pages	320
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