Overview
Environmental Criminology: Spatial Analysis and Regional Issues combines various academic perspectives to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to examining environmental criminology. Using sociological, criminological, anthropological, historical and media analysis, this volume examines local and regional issues in crime. The interdisciplinary nature of the collection makes the book ideal for students or researchers who wish to expand their approach to environmental criminology.
Full Product Details
Author: Liam Leonard (California State University, USA)
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume: 20
ISBN: 9781787433786
ISBN 10: 1787433781
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 09 November 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Criminologists review research that combines a spatial analysis with environmental criminology, mapping crime and deviance across different locations globally. They cover framing injustice in green criminology: activism, social movements, and geography; anthropology at the red-green crossroads; the Ferguson shooting, 2014: a spatial and media analysis; spatial patterns of mass shootings in the US 2013-14; homeless demography in Los Angeles County; police culture, gender, and crime in the Irish Free State; a spatial analysis of crime: The Wire television series and depictions of urban crime; and toward a spatial analysis of methamphetamine in North America.--Annotation (c)2017 (protoview.com)
Criminologists review research that combines a spatial analysis with environmental criminology, mapping crime and deviance across different locations globally. They cover framing injustice in green criminology: activism, social movements, and geography; anthropology at the red-green crossroads; the Ferguson shooting, 2014: a spatial and media analysis; spatial patterns of mass shootings in the US 2013-14; homeless demography in Los Angeles County; police culture, gender, and crime in the Irish Free State; a spatial analysis of crime: The Wire television series and depictions of urban crime; and toward a spatial analysis of methamphetamine in North America. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *
Author Information
Liam Leonard is Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology, California State University, Los Angeles, USA. He has published over 20 books and numerous journal articles, and is Series Editor for both the Ecopolitics and Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice book series, as well as Founding Editor of CRIMSOC Journal of Social Criminology. He is former President of the Sociology Association of Ireland and was awarded the Sage Publishing Research Excellence Award in New York as well as the Irish NAIRTL Research & Teaching Award in 2012.
