Rational Choice and Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Foundations

Rational Choice and Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Foundations

Rational Choice and Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Foundations

Rational Choice and Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Foundations

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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: 9781351906760
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/05/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 3 MB

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.
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