01432 a2200169 4500 26258 26258 9781107609495 364 WEI-P Weisburd, David et. al. Place Matters : Criminology for The Twenty-First Century Cambridge University Press 2016 New York xxii, 200 p Include Reference and Index Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes scholars to examine small geographic areas within cities, often as small as addresses or street segments, for their contribution to crime. Here, the authors describe what is known about crime and place, providing the most up-to-date and comprehensive review available. Place Matters shows that the study of criminology of place should be a central focus of criminology in the twenty-first century. It creates a tremendous opportunity for advancing our understanding of crime, and for addressing it. The book brings collective knowledge of eighteen top scholars in criminology and place to provide a comprehensive understanding of crime at place English Social Science Criminology Research Methodology ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2020-07-08 OP 1267.81 2020-06-11 0 364 WEI-P 51013 2020-07-15 00:00:00 1736.73 2020-07-15 BK