Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention

Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention

Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention

Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention

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Overview

Situational crime prevention has drawn great interest in recent years, yet the debate has been mainly on whether it 'works' to prevent crime. This volume addresses the ethics of situational crime prevention and its place within criminology.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781841135533
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/01/2004
Series: Studies in Penal Theory and Penal Ethics , #1
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Andrew von Hirsch is Honorary Professor of Penal Theory and Penal Law, and Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, at the University of Cambridge.
David Garland is Professor of Law and Sociology at New York University.
Alison Wakefield is a Lecturer in Criminology at City University, UK.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributorsviii
1Ideas, Institutions and Situational Crime Prevention1
2Benefits, Burdens and Responsibilities: Some Ethical Dimensions of Situational Crime Prevention17
3The Burdens of Situational Crime Prevention: An Ethical Commentary37
4The Ethics of Public Television Surveillance59
5Exclusion from Public Space77
6Situational Prevention, Criminology and Social Values97
7Situational Prevention: Social Values and Social Viewpoints113
8Situational Crime Prevention in Mass Private Property125
9Changing Situations and Changing People147
10For a Sociological Theory of Situations (Or How Useful is Pragmatic Criminology?)175
11Situational Crime Prevention, Urban Governance and Trust Relations193
12The New Criminologies of Everyday Life: Routine Activity Theory in Historical and Social Context215
List of Participants225
Index226
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