The International Crime Drop: New Directions in ResearchJan van Dijk, A. Tseloni, G. Farrell Drawing on new studies from major European countries and Australia, this exciting collection extends the ongoing debate on falling crime rates from the perspective of criminal opportunity or routine activity theory. It analyses the effect of post WW2 crime booms which triggered a universal improvement in security across the Western world. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part I International Trends | 9 |
Part II Crime Analysis and Patterns | 157 |
Part III New Perspectives | 229 |
A Summing Up | 300 |
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