Rational choice and situational crime prevention : theoretical foundations
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Rational choice and situational crime prevention : theoretical foundations
Dartmouth , Ashgate, c1997
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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.
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, Rene Seve
- 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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