The Reasoning Criminologist
Essays in Honour of Ronald V. Clarke
- 266 pages
- English
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About this book
This book is a tribute to the work of criminologist Professor Ronald V. Clarke, in view of his enormous and enduring contribution to criminology and crime science. Clarke is best known for his development of the theory and application of situational crime prevention, although he also played a major part in the establishment of the British Crime Survey, in discussions of evaluation methodology, and in improving the knowledge base and tools for problem-oriented policing. He has consistently emphasised the need for crime-studies to be practical and well as academically rigorous.
In this major collection of original essays, Tilley and Farrell bring together leading criminologists from around the globe ā we 'inadvertently invited only world class scholars. Oops.' the editors profess ā all of whom are colleagues or ex-students of Clarke.
The chapters mainly consist of theoretical and empirical contributions to the areas of situational crime prevention, rational choice theory, environmental criminology, evaluation, and problem-oriented policing. The largely biographical introduction 'Ronald V. Clarke ā The Quiet Revolutionary' is based on interviews with Clarke.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- The Reasoning Criminologist
- Crime Science Series
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Notes on contributors
- Series editorās foreword
- Introduction: Ronald V. Clarke ā the quiet revolutionary
- 1 Situational crime prevention: the Home Office origins
- 2 On being crime specific: observations on the career of R.V.G. Clarke
- 3 Ferruginous ducks, low hanging fruit and Ronald V. Clarkeās world of crime science
- 4 Happy returns: ideas brought back from situational crime preventionās exploration of design against crime
- 5 Linking situational crime prevention and focused deterrence strategies
- 6 Situational crime prevention makes problem-oriented policing work: the importance of interdependent theories for effective policing
- 7 Ron Clarkeās contribution to improving policing: a diffusion of benefits
- 8 Vulnerability of evaluators of problem-oriented policing projects
- 9 Evaluation for everyday life
- 10 Using rational choice and situational crime prevention to inform, interpret, and enhance public surveillance efforts: a three-city study
- 11Spatial displacement and diffusion of crime control benefits revisited: new evidence on why crime doesnāt just move around the corner
- 12 Suicide and opportunity: implications for the rationality of suicide
- 13 Ron and the Schiphol fly
- 14 Exploring the person-situation interaction in situational crime prevention
- 15 A rational choice analysis of organized crime and trafficked goods
- 16 The structure of angry violence
- 17 Extending the reach of situational crime prevention
- 18 Contrasting hotspots: did the opportunist make the heat?
- 19 Situating situational crime prevention: anchoring a politically palatable crime reduction strategy
- Index