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 Jan van Dijk Andromachi Tseloni and Graham Farrell | |
International Trends in Victimization | |
Crime Trends in Western Europe according to Official Statistics | |
Some GoodNews and Some | |
Underlying Patterns within the England and Wales Crime Drop | |
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