Measuring how Much Criminologists Know About Crime: Using Environmental Criminology to Assess Our Knowledge of Crime Events
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: ii DEDICATION iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v TABLE OF CONTENTS vi LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 The Research Questions 2 Placing Results in Context 3 Summary 4 CHAPTER 2: PRIOR REVIEWS OF CRIMINOLOGY’S KNOWLEDGE 5 Narrative Assessments of Criminological Theory 5 Quantitative Assessments of Criminological Theory 7 Conclusion 8 Assessments of Crime Event Knowledge 9 Conclusion 10 Summary 11 CHAPTER 3: USING THEORY TO ASSESS CRIME EVENT INFORMATION 12 Why Theory? 12 Is Theory the Only Option? 14 Environmental Criminology 14 Routine Activity Theory 15 Rational Choice 16 Situational Crime Prevention 16 Summary 17 CHAPTER 4: THREE TYPES OF CRIME EVENT INFORMATION 18 Why Offender Choice? 18 Obtaining Information on Offender Choice 19 What about Handlers, Guardians and Managers? 19 Types of Crime Event Information 20
Author: Justin A. Heinonen
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W195250868