Rational Choice and Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Foundations / Edition 1

by Graeme Newman, Ronald V. Clarke

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781855219472
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/1997
Series:	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association S
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Graeme Newman, Ronald V. Clarke

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, René Sève; 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.

Editorial Reviews

’...a wide ranging and challenging book...a good book to provoke group discussion of important issues. I wonder how many schools or colleges...will have it on the curriculum. They should.’ Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice

From the Publisher

Explores issues regarding the notion that people make rudimentary judgements about the costs and benefits when contemplating a criminal act, and that changing the environment to reduce opportunities will reduce crime. The approach is criticized by other criminologists who trace crime to social and psychological disadvantage, and that claim such measures only displace crime to easier targets. In 15 papers from a conference in Messina, Sicily in April 1996, contributors from around the world identify the theory's theoretical antecedents, locate it in the current discourse, discuss implications for understanding criminal behavior, and consider policy implications. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews