This paper provides a critical review of “Defensible Space”(Newman, 1973) and traces the
development of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) in America and …

Situational prevention seeks to reduce opportunities for specific categories of crime by
increasing the associated risks and difficulties and reducing the rewards. It is composed of …

This article aims to review empirical research on residential burglary over the last three to
four decades and relate these findings to a model of 'dysfunctional expertise'(Nee & Ward …

For undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal behavior, criminology, the psychology
of crime, crime and delinquency, and forensic psychology. A comprehensive psychological …

Patterns of crime should be seen as the outcome of crime-control policies and the
distribution of opportunities. Such crime-control policies are often argued to have the limited …

In the fourth edition of Essential Criminology, authors Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry, and
Desire. M. Anastasia build upon this best-selling critical review of criminology, which has …

This paper begins by reviewing research on the cognitive processing used by residential
burglars when choosing targets. We then attempt to make links between this processing and …

In daylight, burglars minimized the risks of being spotted by selecting “up‐market” targets
with better front cover and low occupancy that reflected the occupants' higher employment …

Routine activity theory has traditionally emphasized identifying victimization risks and
suitable targets for crime. Assessments of the role of guardianship in criminal events are less …

Ethnomethodologists in the field of offender-based research have recently criticised the
earlier use of prison-based samples in research on residential burglary. They claim that …