Overview

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.

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Author:   Graeme Newman ,  Ronald V. Clarke ,  Shlomo Shoham ,  Shlomo Giora Shoham (Professor, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Ashgate Publishing Limited
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781855219472

ISBN 10:   1855219476
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   28 August 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: Towards a theory of situational crime prevention, Graeme Newman; Rational choice and the legal model of the criminal, Marcel Alexander Niggli; Limited rationality and crime, Karl-Dieter Opp; Reconsidering the role of opportunity in situational crime prevention, Richard Wortley; Situational aspects of violence, S. Giora Shoham; Realism, situational rationality and crime prevention, Nick Tilley; Situational crime prevention and the utilitarian tradition, Pietro Marongiu and Graeme Newman; Situational crime prevention and the utilitarian theories of Jeremy Bentham, Graeme Newman and Pietro Marongiu; Wartime operational research in Britain and situational crime prevention, Leslie T. Wilkins; Criminology in crisis and the social demand for crime prevention, Gaetana Russo; Philosophical justifications of situational crime prevention, René Sève; The ethics of situational crime prevention, Marcus Felson and Ronald V. Clarke; On the displacement of repeat victimization, Adam C. Bouloukos and Graham Farrell; Predicting the future: the roles of routine activity and rational choice theory, Ken Pease.

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’...a wide ranging and challenging book...a good book to provoke group discussion of important issues. I wonder how many schools or colleges...will have it on the curriculum. They should.’ Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice

'...a wide ranging and challenging book...a good book to provoke group discussion of important issues. I wonder how many schools or colleges...will have it on the curriculum. They should.' Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice

'...a wide ranging and challenging book...a good book to provoke group discussion of important issues. I wonder how many schools or colleges...will have it on the curriculum. They should.' Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice

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Graeme Newman, Ronald V. Clarke

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