The criminology of place [electronic resource] : street segments and our understanding of the crime problem / David Weisburd, Elizabeth R. Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang.

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Weisburd, David

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TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource : illISBN:

9780199979110 (ebook) :

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364.9 23

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HV6150

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Summary: The authors present a new way of looking at crime by examining why specific streets in a city have specific crime trends over time. Reorienting the study of crime by focusing not on individuals and communities, but on small units of geography the authors identify a large group of possible crime risk and protective factors for street segments and an array of interventions that could be implemented to address them.

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The authors present a new way of looking at crime by examining why specific streets in a city have specific crime trends over time. Reorienting the study of crime by focusing not on individuals and communities, but on small units of geography the authors identify a large group of possible crime risk and protective factors for street segments and an array of interventions that could be implemented to address them.

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