Bücher der Reihe Crime Science Series

Situational crime prevention is the art and science of reducing opportunities for crime. This book documents the application of a situational prevention approach to various organized crimes such as sex trafficking, cigarette and drug smuggling, timber theft, mortgage fraud, and corruption of private professionals and public officials.

This book examines alternative approaches to incorporating affect into criminal decision making and testing its influence on such decisions. In so doing it generalizes extant cognitive theories of criminal decision making by incorporating affect into the decision process. In two conceptual and ten empirical chapters it is carefully argued how affect influences criminal decisions alongside rational and cognitive considerations. The empirical studies use a wide variety of methods ranging from interviews and observations to experimental approaches and questionnaires, and treat crimes as diverse as street robbery, pilfering, and sex offences. It will be of interest to criminologists, social psychologists, judgment and decision making researchers, behavioral economists and sociologists alike.

The rational choice perspective developed by Cornish and Clarke in 1986 provides criminologists with a valuable and practical framework for purposes of crime control and prevention. More than twenty-five years later, Cognition and Crime pushes the boundaries of this field of research by bringing together international leading (or emerging) researchers in this area of script analysis into a single volume for the first time.

This collection of case studies, by a distinguished international group of researchers, documents the application of a situational prevention approach to a variety of organised crimes, including: sex trafficking, drug smuggling, corruption, and fraud. The book will be of interest to those tasked with tackling organised crime problems, as well as students of criminology and criminal justice.

Considering different research methods, models of knowledge accumulation and the communication and presentation of evidence, this book contributes to policing scholarship policing by providing support for the evidence-based approach.

Rebuilding Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design explores and extends the common ground between CPTED and Situational Crime Prevention - another traditional approach in the field of crime prevention and security - via the latter¿s evolution into the field of Crime Science.

This book is dedicated to applied research into policing, its characteristics, challenges and opportunities. Despite growing demand for such evidence in crime prevention, remarkably little has been written about the theory and practice of applied police research. This edition is designed to fill this gap, providing a valuable resource for those interested in academia-police collaborations. The book comprises a carefully curated selection of reflective contributions from some of the world¿s leading applied police researchers and some emerging talent.

Since the path finding work of Cornish and Clarke and other rational choice approaches to criminal behaviour, little work has been done on offender decision-making during crime in order to better understand the rationales behind offender 's actions and factors that may influence decisions made by the offender. Offender decision making and crime commission can be best highlighted by using crime scripts, which are designed to help identify every stage of the crime-commission process, the decisions and actions that must be taken at each stage, and the resources such as criminal cast, props, and suitable locations required for effective action at each step. This book brings together leading scholars in this area for the first time, not only to provide a synthesis of key research in rational choice and offender decision-making, but also to further help develop this field.

Problem-Orientated Policing: Successful Case Studies is the first systematic and rigorous collection of effective problem-oriented policing projects. The volume describes in detail the case studies and explains the wider significance of each for effective, efficient, and equitable policing.

Offers a review of knowledge about bar room environments and their regulation. This book provides directions for the prevention of aggression, violence and injury in and around public drinking establishments. It shows why drinking establishments are high risk for aggression, and why some establishments are riskier than others.

This text provides an introduction to crime science, setting out its essentials. It provides a major statement of the nature and aspirations of crime science, and presents a series of case studies providing examples, in different settings, of the approach in action.

Ronald V. Clarke has made a significant contribution to the field of Criminology, his rational choice models and situational crime prevention strategies offering a practical solution to today's crime problem. In this unique collection of essays, Tilley and Farrell bring together leading academics from around the word to honour his work.

Ronald V. Clarke has made a significant contribution to the field of Criminology, his rational choice models and situational crime prevention strategies offering a practical solution to today's crime problem. In this unique collection of essays, Tilley and Farrell bring together leading academics from around the word to honour his work.

Drawing on the pioneering work of Nick Tilley and bringing together leading scholars from around the world, this book explores the value and legacy of crime policy evaluation research in criminology and crime science.

This book brings together key contributions to environmental criminology from leading figures in the field to comprehensively define the field and synthesize its concepts and ideas. It offers a fresh and exciting approach to understanding crime.

Offers a comprehensive coverage of psychological theories of crime and criminality. This book emphasises the connections among approaches, and to show how, taken together, they provide a more complete picture of crime and criminality than each provides individually.

This book brings together key contributions to environmental criminology from leading figures in the field to comprehensively define the field and synthesize its concepts and ideas. It offers a fresh and exciting approach to understanding crime.

Integrates empirical and theoretical knowledge concerning child sexual abuse with developments in evidence-based crime and child maltreatment prevention, leading to ideas about understanding and preventing child sexual abuse. This book is suitable for those with interests in this field.