Urban crime, criminals, and victims : the Swedish experience in an Anglo-American comparative perspective
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Urban crime, criminals, and victims : the Swedish experience in an Anglo-American comparative perspective
（Research in criminology）
Springer Verlag, c1991
- : New York
- : Berlin
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: New York ISBN 9780387974057
Description
Crime is largely an urban phenomenon, but the specifically urban and area dimen sions of the social processes that are connected with crime have been seriously understated in much recent criminological work ... Such a claim could not have been made forty years ago. (Baldwin & Bottoms, 1976, p. 1). The above statement by Baldwin and Bottoms about the neglect in crimi nology of the urban dimension of crime was made in the mid-1970s. However, in the last decade there has been a significant upswing in theory and research on crime in the urban environment. Also, new areas oftheory and research into urban crime have come into focus. (For overviews see Brantingham & Brantingham, 1984; Davidson, 1981.) One very good example of the increasing interest in urban crime is the recent volume of Crime and Justice entitled "Communities and Crime" (Reiss & Tonry, 1986), in which Reiss makes a strong argument for the importance of the study of crime in urban communities and for the linking of the ecological and individual traditions in theory and research on crime. A review of the literature on crime in urban environments shows, not unexpectedly, that Anglo-American research heavily dominates the scene (Wikstrom, 1982; 1987b). Hence, much of the experience we have on urban crime is based on North American and British research and theory."
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: Berlin ISBN 9783540974055
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What is the relationship between cities and crimes? This study looks at this question, using a multi-faceted and integrated approach to describe the phenomenon of urban crime in contemporary Sweden. Taking into account Anglo-American theories and findings about crimes in urban environments, this book throws a light on parallel situations in Sweden. Mostly traditional crimes are considered: violence, vandalism, and crimes of theft. This research is based on large amounts of cross-sectional and longitudinal data, yielding findings that help to elucidate the nature of crime in urban settings. This research monograph on forensic psychology, criminology, forensic psychiatry/ criminology, criminal law and criminology is intended for criminologists.
Table of Contents
- The rate, structure and trends in urban crime
- the urban offender
- the social contexts of urban crime
- the urban victim
- Stockholm - its crime and urban structure
- housing, population composition and offending
- routine activities, area crime and victimization patterns
- integration and discussion of findings. Appendices: the Stockholm 1982 crime survey
- legal definitions of studied crimes.
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