Gerben Bruinsma

Shane D. Johnson

The study of how the environment, local geography, and physical locations influence crime has a long history that stretches across a number of research traditions. These include the neighborhood-effects approach developed by the Chicago school of sociology in the 1920s; modern environmental criminology that explains the geographic distribution of crime; the criminology of place, which focuses on crime rates at specific places over time; and a newer approach that attends to the perception of crime and disorder in communities. Aided by new mobile and digital technologies as well as improved data reporting in recent decades, research in environmental criminology has developed at a rapid pace within each of these approaches. Despite these advances, research in the subfield of environmental criminology remains fragmented, and competing theories are often kept apart. This book takes a different approach and integrates the subfield as a whole. It covers the core theoretical and empirical issues of how and why the environment influences the emergence of crime and how crime can affect the environment. The chapters reflect the diversity in research and theory from all over the Western world. In addition to covering traditional criminological research, the book probes how well current theories of environmental criminology contribute to our understanding of new problems and how well theories travel to other areas, such as West Africa, in which cultural differences might lead to different patterns in offending.

The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Criminology

Nick Tilley

Matthew Manning

Gabriel T.W. Wong

Margarita Vorsina

This monograph explains what economic analysis is, why it is important, and forms it can take in policing and criminal justice. Costs are important in all forms of economic analysis but their collection tends to be partial and inadequate in capturing key information. A practical guide to the collection is therefore also provided.

What Works?

Economic Analysis and Efficiency in Policing, Criminal Justice and Crime Reduction

David Weisburd

Jerry Ratcliffe

Charlotte Gill

Cody W. Telep

Breanne Cave

Kate Bowers

John E. Eck

Elizabeth Groff

Julie Hibdon

Joshua C. Hinkle

Brian Lawton

Cynthia Lum

George Rengert

Travis Taniguchi

The book summarizes what we know about crime and place, and provides an agenda for future research in this area.

Place Matters

Shane D. Johnson

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