Objectives A survey of empirical research concerning the determinants of an individual's
perceptions of the risk of formal sanctions as a consequence of criminal behavior. The …

When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton is famously said to have replied,'Because
that's where the money is'(Cocheo 1997). The question and its answer neatly pinpoint the …

How do poverty, youth and crime relate to the concept of being'cool'? Jonathan Ilan presents
a unique, theoretically informed overview of street culture in various parts of the world–its …

This book provides an account of the emergence, nature and impact of armed youth gangs
in an East London Borough over the last decade. It describes the challenges these armed …

Street robbery offences can be perpetrated in a variety of ways. Offenders adopt a particular
method of conducting the offence that appears to be closely related to the underlying …

Robbery, and the fear it inspires, has a profound effect on the quality of life in certain urban
neighborhoods. Recent advances in criminological research suggest that there is significant …

Why do robbers choose a particular area to commit an offense? Do they rob close to home?
Do they search for areas with suitable and attractive targets? What keeps them away from …

This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent'the new face of youth
crime', repudiating claims which situate the gang at the heart of sexual violence, mass …

One of the most influential accounts of the causal connection between drug use and crime
was developed by Paul Goldstein in a tripartite conceptual framework that divided …

Informed by a growing literature on space-time patterns of repeat and near repeat burglary
victimization, a crime location choice model was used to test whether burglars are attracted …