Crime and Everyday Life : A Brief Introduction.
- 6th ed.
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
CRIME AND EVERYDAY LIFE - FRONTCOVER -- CRIME AND EVERYDAY LIFE -- COPYRIGHT -- BRIEF CONTENTS -- DETAILED CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- CHAPTER 1 - EIGHT FALLACIES ABOUT CRIME -- CHAPTER 2 - THE CHEMISTRY FOR CRIME -- CHAPTER 3 - OFFENDERS MAKE DECISIONS -- CHAPTER 4 - BRINGING CRIME TO YOU -- CHAPTER 5 - TEENAGE CRIME -- CHAPTER 6 - BIG GANG THEORY -- CHAPTER 7 - HOW CRIME MULTIPLIES -- CHAPTER 8 - SITUATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION -- CHAPTER 9 - LOCAL DESIGN AGAINST CRIME -- CHAPTER 10 - THE AGE OF EXPOSURE -- INDEX.
Crime and Everyday Life, Sixth Edition, offers a bold approach to crime theory and crime reduction. The text shows how crime opportunity is a necessary condition for illegal acts to occur.
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Crime prevention-United States. Crime-United States. Social control.