Rational Choice And Situational Crime Prevention

Author : R. Matthews
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137445718
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Realist Criminology written by R. Matthews and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges contemporary criminological thinking, providing a thorough critique of mainstream criminology, including both liberal criminology and administrative criminology. It sets a new agenda for theoretical and practical engagement, and for creating a more effective and just criminal justice system.

Author : Graeme Newman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351906763
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rational Choice and Situational Crime Prevention written by Graeme Newman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of original papers examining the theoretical and philosophical bases of the perspective of situational crime prevention. Among issues examined are: the status of situational crime prevention as a theory; the theoretical traditions and context of SCP; the relationship of rational choice to SCP; utilitarianism and SCP; and the ethical./policy implications of SCP.

Author : Danielle M. Reynald
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315441187
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Rational Choice for Crime Prevention written by Danielle M. Reynald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rational choice perspective (RCP) is currently the core theoretical approach underpinning situational crime prevention (SCP). To date, many crimes have been studied through the lens of RCP, which increased our understanding of these phenomena, how they are committed and how they could potentially be prevented through SCP. This book, designed with the hope of moving RCP forward for SCP purposes, takes a challenging but novel step in providing leading experts from different disciplines with the opportunity to express themselves on how we could best achieve this task. This book explores various perspectives, which include the development of frameworks based on the role of situations in crime or forensic sciences for improving crime prevention practices. The need to consider affective states and other offender-related factors to improve our understanding of offender decision-making models is highlighted as a means to better predict which SCP mechanisms may be most useful in discouraging particular types of offenders. Finally, it is also argued that the use of RCP should be more pragmatic and that this perspective should be preserved and adapted based on what we find in our experiments. Taken together, these theoretically distinctive and challenging contributions ultimately guide how crime prevention practices could be best approached in the future.

Author : Ronald V. Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351492543
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routine Activity and Rational Choice written by Ronald V. Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two new criminological approaches are defined and applied to categories of crime in Routine Activity and Rational Choice, now available in paperback. Routine activity analyzes the criminal event, and avoids motivations and psychology as topics for discussion, whereas rational choice approaches crime as purposive behavior designed to meet the offender's commonplace needs, such as money, status, sex, and excitement. These conceptual models are both employed to analyze such crimes as drunk driving, gun use, kidnapping, and political violence. This volume discusses the relationship of these theories to more traditional approaches to crime studies.The Advances in Criminological Theory series encourages theory construction and validation in the articles and themes selected for publication. It also furthers the free exchange of ideas, propositions, and postulates. Following publication of the first volume, Michael J. Lynch of Florida State University asserted that "Advances in Criminological Theory is to be applauded as an attempt to revive criminological theory by providing an accessible outlet." Contributions to this volume include: Pierre Tremblay, "Searching for Suitable Co-offenders"; Raymond Paternoster and Sally Simpson, "A Rational Choice Theory of Corporate Crime"; Richard B. Felson, "Predatory and Dispute-related Violence"; Gordon Trasler, "Conscience, Opportunity, Rational Choice, and Crime"; Ezzat A. Fattah, "The Rational Choice/Opportunity Perspectives as a Vehicle for Integrating Criminological and Victimological Theories"; Patricia L. Brantingham and Paul J. Brantingham, "Environment, Routine, and Situation"; Maurice Cusson, "A Strategic Analysis of Crime"; Richard W. Harding, "Gun Use in Crime, Rational Choice, and Social Learning Theory."

Author : Mangai Natarajan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351570706
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crime Opportunity Theories written by Mangai Natarajan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opportunity theories of crime seek to explain the occurrence of crime rather than simply the existence of criminal dispositions. They emphasize the fundamental element in the criminal act of opportunity: how this arises, how it is perceived, evaluated and acted on by those with criminal dispositions. This volume brings together influential research articles on opportunity theories of crime by leading theorists such as Cohen and Felson on routine activity theory and Clarke and Cornish on the bounded rational choice perspective. The articles also include more recent theoretical developments and studies of situational crime prevention of specific twenty-first century crimes. These articles attest to the sheer volume as well to as the richness and the variety of work designed to reduce crime that has forever changed the face of criminology and criminal justice.

Author : Andreas von Hirsch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847313302
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention written by Andreas von Hirsch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situational crime prevention has drawn increasing interest in recent years,yet the debate has looked mainly at whether it 'works' to prevent crime. This volume addresses the ethics of situational crime prevention and also examines the place of situational crime prevention within criminology. The contributors are twelve distinguished criminologists who together advance our understanding of the ethical and societal questions underlying crime prevention. Contributors: Ron Clarke, Adam Crawford, Antony Duff, David Garland, Tim Hope, Richard Jones, John Kleinig, Clifford Shearing, David J. Smith, Richard Sparks, Andrew von Hirsch and Alison Wakefield. "..presents several unique questions regarding the use of crime prevention strategies." Robert Hanser writing in The Literature of Criminal Justice January 2001

Author : Derek B. Cornish
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412852757
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reasoning Criminal written by Derek B. Cornish and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assumption that rewards and punishments influence our choices between different courses of action underlies economic, sociological, psychological, and legal thinking about human action. Hence, the notion of a reasoning criminal--one who employs the same sorts of cognitive strategies when contemplating offending as they and the rest of us use when making other decisions--might seem a small contribution to crime control. This conclusion would be mistaken. This volume develops an alternative approach, termed the "rational choice perspective," to explain criminal behavior. Instead of emphasizing the differences between criminals and non-criminals, it stresses some of the similarities. In particular, while the contributors do not deny the existence of irrational and pathological components in crimes, they suggest that the rational aspects of offending should be explored. An international group of researchers in criminology, psychology, and economics provide a comprehensive review of original research on the criminal offender as a reasoning decision maker. While recognizing the crucial influence of situational factors, the rational choice perspective provides a framework within which to incorporate and locate existing theories about crime. In doing so it also provides both a new agenda for research and sheds a fresh light on deterrent and prevention policies.

Author : Martha J. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781881798446
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory for Practice in Situational Crime Prevention written by Martha J. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime Prevention Studies Volume 16The theme of volume 16 in the Crime Prevention Studies series is the development and application of theory for use in situational crime prevention. The theoretical perspectives and concepts discussed include the rational choice perspective, environmental criminology, routine activity theory, repeat victimization, problem-oriented policing, the script analytical approach, and displacement. Some of the papers critically analyze these ideas while others apply them to specific crime problems or to situational crime prevention practice.

Author : Marcus Felson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opportunity Makes the Thief written by Marcus Felson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nick Tilley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136577998
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reasoning Criminologist written by Nick Tilley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a tribute to the work of criminologist Professor Ronald V. Clarke, in view of his enormous and enduring contribution to criminology and crime science. Clarke is best known for his development of the theory and application of situational crime prevention, although he also played a major part in the establishment of the British Crime Survey, in discussions of evaluation methodology, and in improving the knowledge base and tools for problem-oriented policing. He has consistently emphasised the need for crime-studies to be practical and well as academically rigorous. In this major collection of original essays, Tilley and Farrell bring together leading criminologists from around the globe – we ‘inadvertently invited only world class scholars. Oops.’ the editors profess – all of whom are colleagues or ex-students of Clarke. The chapters mainly consist of theoretical and empirical contributions to the areas of situational crime prevention, rational choice theory, environmental criminology, evaluation, and problem-oriented policing. The largely biographical introduction ‘Ronald V. Clarke – The Quiet Revolutionary’ is based on interviews with Clarke.