Crime and Everyday Life : A Brief Introduction /: A Brief Introduction. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marcus Felson, Mary A. Eckert.
• Authors: Felson, Marcus; Eckert, Mary A
• Contents: Preface to the Sixth Edition; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1. Eight Fallacies About Crime; The Dramatic Fallacy; The Cops-and-Courts Fallacy; The Not-Me Fallacy; The Innocent-Youth Fallacy; The Ingenuity Fallacy; The Formally Organized Crime Fallacy; The Big Gang Fallacy; The Agenda Fallacy; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 2. The Chemistry for Crime; Risky Settings; Stages of a Criminal Act; First Three Elements of a Criminal Act; Eck’s Crime Triangle; Predatory Crimes; Calming the Waters and Looking After Places; Hot Products; The General Chemistry of Crime; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 3. Offenders Make Decisions; The Decision to Commit a Crime; How Violence Erupts; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 4. Bringing Crime to You; Stages in the History of Everyday Life; Life and Crime in the Convergent City; Crime and the Divergent Metropolis; Crime in the Cyber Age; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 5. Teenage Crime; Muscles, Babies, and the Historical Role for Youths; Modern Role for Youths; Hour-for-Hour Risks; Time With Peers; Parental Efforts to Delay Peer Dominance; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 6. Big Gang Theory; Defining Gang Crimes; Big Gang Theory; Confusion About Gangs; The Reason for a Gang; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 7. How Crime Multiplies; Crime Multipliers; Moving Stolen Goods; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 8. Situational Crime Prevention; Four Natural Experiments; Crime Analysis Today; Diverse Applications of Situational Crime Prevention; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 9. Local Design Against Crime; Securing Communities; The Offender–Target Convergence Process; Seven Studies in Reducing Local Crime; Conclusion; Main Points; Projects and Challenges; Endnotes; 10. The Age of Exposure; Organizational Exposure; Crimes of Specialized Access; Electronic Exposures; Technological Leaps and Cultural Lags; Conclusion; Endnotes; Index;
• Edition: 6th
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (184 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506394794; 1506394795
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