Entries by Daphne Hanson

Environmental Criminology and Crime Prevention aim to prevent crime,

Environmental Criminology and Crime Prevention aim to prevent crime, not to cure offenders or reform society. It is based on three contingent propositions: • Crime is best understood as an interaction between the offender and the immediate environment. • Crime is therefore patterned according to the distribution of criminogenic environments • These locations are the […]

Environmental Criminology and Crime Prevention aim to prevent crime, not to cure offenders or reform society

Environmental Criminology and Crime Prevention aim to prevent crime, not to cure offenders or reform society. It is based on three contingent propositions: • Crime is best understood as an interaction between the offender and the immediate environment. • Crime is therefore patterned according to the distribution of criminogenic environments • These locations are the […]