Crime and Everyday Life
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Book Overview
Crime and Everyday Life, Fifth Edition, offers a bold approach to crime theory and crime reduction. The text shows how crime opportunity is a necessary condition for illegal acts to occur. The authors... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1412936330
ISBN13:9781412936330
Release Date:December 2009
Publisher:Sage Publications, Inc
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
An enlightenment on crime
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book opens your eyes to everyday crime around you. After reading it you will find yourself noticing high crime areas that you did not notice before. It shows you in detail what to look for and what you can expect to find in these areas. How in everyday life the things we do without thinking about them can cause crime. An excellent read.
changed my week
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Before I read this, crime was just a weekend hobby, now I am fully appraised in the criminal mind, and can carry out some very profitable raids every day of the week. My favorite was chapter 5: inviting people to steal more. Which has really opened my eyes to what shops are easiest to hit. I will soon have that wedding paid for.
An introductory and straightforward survey
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Now in a revised and updated third edition featuring new chapters on white-color crime and the use of technology in crime control, Crime And Everyday Life by criminologist and academician Marcus Felson (Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice) offers an introductory and straightforward survey, analysis, and correction of the most commonly held fallacies about contemporary crime, including the exact nature of crime itself ranging from violent offenses to property crimes, situational crime prevention, and more. Crime And Everyday Life looks at both the practical realities of crime (including the processes that create it), and offers a warning against human tendencies to erroneously link crime's causes to stray political agendas. Very highly recommended reading, Crime And Everyday Life is appropriate for non-specialist general readers with an interest in the causes of contemporary criminal conduct, as well as those student formally studying criminology as part of a Social Sciences curriculum.
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