Putting Crime in Its Place: Units of Analysis in Geographic Criminology

by Weisburd, David
ISBN: 9781441909732
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Putting Crime in its Place: Units of Analysis in Geographic Criminology Edited by David Weisburd, Wim Bernasco and Gerben J.N. Bruinsma Table of Contents Introduction 1-Units of Analysis in Geographic Criminology: Historical Development, Critical Issues and Open Questions David Weisburd, Gerben J.N. Bruinsma, Wim Bernasco Part I What is the Appropriate Level of Investigation of Crime At Place? Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Defining Units of Place 2-Why Small is Better: Advancing the Study of the Role of Behavioral Contexts in Crime Causation Dietrich Oberwittler, Per-Olof H. Wikström 3-Where the Action is at Places: Examining Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Juvenile Crime at Places Using Trajectory Analysis and GIS Elizabeth Groff, David Weisburd, Nancy A. Morris 4-Crime Analysis at Multiple Scales of Aggregation: A Topological Approach Patricia L. Brantingham, Paul J. Brantingham, Mona Vajihollahi, Kathryn Wuschke 5-Geographical Units of Analysis and the Analysis of Crime George F. Rengert, Brian Lockwood 6-Waves, Particles and Crime Michael D. Maltz Part II Empirical Examples of Crime Place Studies: What Can We Learn? 7-Crime, Neighborhoods and Units of Analysis: Putting Space in its Place George E. Tita, Robert T. Greenbaum 8-Predictive Mapping of Crime by ProMap: Accuracy, Units of Analysis and the Environmental Backcloth Shane D. Johnson, Kate J. Bowers, Daniel J. Birks, Ken Pease 9-Urban Streets as MicroContexts to Commit Violence Johan van Wilsem 10-Determining How Journeys-To-Crime Vary: Measuring Inter- and Intra-Offender Crime Trip Distributions William Smith, John W. Bond, Michael Townsley
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Weisburd, David
  • ISBN: 9781441909732
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 0.56
  • Number Of Pages: 254
  • Publication Year: 2009
Language: English