The international crime drop : new directions in research
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The international crime drop : new directions in research
(Crime prevention and security management)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Drawing on new studies from major European countries and Australia, this exciting collection extends the ongoing debate on falling crime rates from the perspective of criminal opportunity or routine activity theory. It analyses the effect of post WW2 crime booms which triggered a universal improvement in security across the Western world.
Table of Contents
- Editors' Introduction PART I: INTERNATIONAL TRENDS Global Overview: International trends in Victimization and Recorded Crime
- J.van Dijk & A.Tseloni Crime Trends in Western Europe According to Official Statistics from 1990 to 2007
- M.F.Aebi & A.Linde The Case of Australia and New Zealand
- P.Mayhew Trends in Violence Against Women: Some Good News and Some Bad News
- K.Kangaspunta & I.H.Marshall The Crime Drop in 'Non-Western' Countries: a Review of Homicide Data
- A.A.del Frate & G.Mugellini PART II: CRIME ANALYSIS AND PATTERNS Underlying Patterns within the England and Wales Crime Drop
- A.Britton , C.Kershaw , S.Osborne & K.Smith Crime, Inequality and Change in England and Wales
- L.Grove , A.Tseloni & N.Tilley The Crime Drop in Comparative Perspective: The Impact of the Economy and Imprisonment on American and European Burglary Rates
- R.Rosenfeld & S.F.Messner PART III: NEW PERSPECTIVES Security and the Drop in Car Theft in the United States
- S.Fujita & M.Maxfield Self-limiting Crime Waves
- J.van Dijk & B.Vollaard The Crime Drop Discourse - or the Illusion of Uniform Continental Trends: Switzerland as a Contrasting Case
- M.Killias & B.Lanfranconi Crime in the Broad Sweep of History
- M.Felson Towards a Comprehensive Research Plan on Opportunity Theory and the Crime Falls
- A.Tseloni , G.Farrell , N.Tilley , L.Grove , R.Thompson & L.Garius Editors' Conclusions: Understanding International Crime Trends: A Summing Up
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