Abstract
Crime geography involves the study of the relationships between crime, space, and society through the critical analysis of victims and perpetrators and the impact of crime on society. The subdiscipline provides opportunities to examine the different theoretical perspectives on the spatial or geographical dimension of crime, emphasizing on why and how space is important in the conditioning and occurrence of crime as well as other criminogenic outcomes. Crime geography brings to the fore the interdisciplinary perspective of crime studies and highlights the opportunities for theorization and methodological contribution to better understanding across multiscalar perspectives. Indeed, scholars have argued that beyond the traditional approach of establishing the correlation between physical and social environmental conditions and crime occurrence, crime geographers can interrogate the perceptual meaning people give to their immediate environment and how this in turn shapes their interpretation of crime.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 5-10 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780081022955 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780081022962 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CPTED
- Crime
- Crime geography
- Crime mapping
- Criminogenic
- GIS
- Global north
- Global south
- Race
- Urban