Field Studies in Environmental Criminology Stickle Ben
Field Studies in Environmental Criminology Stickle Ben This book includes fieldwork from five continents and demonstrates the breadth of techniques used by environmental criminologists to understand…
Specifikacia Field Studies in Environmental Criminology Stickle Ben
Field Studies in Environmental Criminology Stickle Ben
This book includes fieldwork from five continents and demonstrates the breadth of techniques used by environmental criminologists to understand crime.Environmental criminologists seek to understand crime within the physical, and even digital, contexts where it occurs - believing that crime occurs when people converge in time and space and that the environment impacts the opportunity for crime. However, to understand complex environmental influences, researchers need to engage in fieldwork. Understanding the environment aids the researcher in answering an essential question: what can be done to alter the place to prevent or reduce crime?
Fieldwork involves researchers entering the environment they are studying to observe, listen, and experience the surroundings in a way that influences their understanding of the place and people in the environment.This book highlights