Place Management and Crime

Ownership and Property Rights as a Source of Social Control

John E. Eck, Shannon J. Linning, Tamara D. Herold

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9783031276927
• eBook ISBN: 9783031276934
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Social Sciences

This brief describes the theory and evidence of a form of social control known as place management. Created by property owners, place management is an alternative to the two other domains of social control: formally created by the state and informally created by residents. It helps explain the high concentration of crime and disorder at a relatively small proportion of addresses and facilities. This volume examines the specifics of place management and extends it in three ways: to show how high crime places may radiate crime into their surroundings; to reveal networks of places that create crime hotspot spanning blocks; to demonstrate how networks of place managers influence crime throughout neighborhoods. Finally, it shows that the policy implications of place management extend far beyond the police and should include regulatory policies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Places and Crime
• 2. Why Some Places Are Bad
• 3. Place Management
• 4. Sources of Powers
• 5. Place Manager Failures and Successes
• 6. The Extended Place Manager I: Crime Radiation
• 7. The Extended Place Manager II: Hidden Crime-Involved Places and Place Networks
• 8. The Extended Place Manager III: Place Networks for Safety
• 9. Reducing Crime at High-Crime Places
• 10. Rethinking the Forms of Social Control
• Back Matter