Summary
This introductory text examines the roots of criminal behavior, explains the role of opportunity as a necessary condition for crime to occur, and explores realistic ways to reduce or eliminate crime and criminal behavior by removing the opportunity to complete the act.
Contents
1. Nine fallacies about crime – 2. Chemistry for crime – 3. Crime decisions – 4. Bringing crime to you – 5. Marketing stolen goods – 6. Crime, growth, and youth activities – 7. White-collar crime – 8. One crime leads to another – 9. Local design against crime – 10. Situational crime prevention – 11. Everyday technology and everyday crime.