The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Criminology

Gerben J.N. Bruinsma is full-time director of the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam and professor emeritus of environmental criminology at the Vrije University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His current interests are environmental, theoretical and historical criminology.Shane D. Johnson is professor and director of the UCL Dawes Centre for Future Crime at the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London. He has particular interests in exploring how methods from other disciplines can inform understanding of crime and security issues, and the extent to which theories developed to explain everyday crimes can explain more extreme events such as riots, maritime piracy and insurgency.

• Foreword Michael Tonry 1 Environmental Criminology: History, Scope and State of the ArtGerben J.N. Bruinsma and Shane D. Johnson SECTION I - Reflections on Theoretical Issues 2 Social Spatial InfluencesPamela Wilcox and Kristin Swartz 3 How Do We Get to Causal Clarity on Physical Environment-Crime Dynamics?Ralph B. Taylor 4 The Individual PerspectiveLucia Summers and Rob T. Guerette 5 Do We Really Need Collective Social Process to Understand Why Crime Occurs and Offenders Commit Crime?Elizabeth R. Groff 6 The Importance of High Offender Neighborhoods within Environmental CriminologyAnthony Bottoms 7 Four Images of the Delinquent AreaMarcus Felson 8 Evaluating Theories of Environmental Criminology: Strengths and WeaknessesFrancis T. Cullen and Teresa C. Kulig SECTION II - Methods of Research in Environmental Criminology 9 Deciding on the 'Appropriate' Unit of Analysis: Practical Considerations in Environmental CriminologyBrian Lawton 10 GIS and Spatial Analysis Martin Andresen 11 The Role of Innovative Data Collection Methods in Advancing Criminological UnderstandingReka Solymosi and Kate Bowers 12 New Steps in Visualization for Research in Environmental CriminologyPatricia L. Brantingham, Paul J. Brantingham, Justin Song, and Valerie Spicer 13 Victimization Surveys in Environmental Criminology Andromachi Tseloni, Nick Tilley, and Graham Farrell 14 Systematic Observation Ian Brunton-Smith 15 Computer Simulations. Agent-Based Environmental CriminologyDaniel Birks SECTION III -Everyday Urban Crime: Empirical Examples and Reviews of Research Neighborhoods and Communities 16 Research on Neighborhoods in European CitiesLieven Pauwels, Gerben Bruinsma, Frank Weerman, and Wim Hardyns 17 Testing Theories of Social Disorganization in NigeriaFaisal Umar, Ahmadu Bello, Shane D. Johnson, and James A. Cheshire 18 Gated Communities and Crime in the United StatesNicholas Branic and Charis E. Kubrin 19 Egohoods: Capturing Change in Spatial Crime PatternsJohn R. Hipp and Christopher J. Bates 20 Signal Crimes: How the Harms of Crime and Disorder Travel across Social Space-TimeMartin Innes and Helen Innes Built Environment 21 Built Environment, Land Use and CrimeKathryn Wuschke and J. Bryan Kinney 22 Macro Level Generators and Crime (Parks, Stadiums, and Transit Stations)Andrew Newton 23 Does Crime Impact Real Estate Prices? An Assessment of Accessibility and LocationVania Ceccato and Mats Wilhelmsson 24 Street Networks and CrimeToby Davies and Kate Bowers Places 25 The Criminology of PlacesCody W. Telep and David Weisburd 26 Studying Situational Effects of Setting Characteristics: Examples from the Study of Peers, Activities and NeighbourhoodsFrank Weerman, Evelien Hoeben, Wim Bernasco, Lieven Pauwels, and Gerben J.N. Bruinsma 27 Place ManagementJohn Eck and Tamara D. Madensen 28 Crime Concentrations: Hot Dots, Hot Spots and Hot FlushesDainis Ignatans and Ken Pease Routine Activity Convergence 29 Time and OpportunityLisa Tompson and Timothy Coupe 30 GuardianshipDanielle Reynald 31 Mobility and Location Choice of OffendersWim Bernasco Crime Prevention 32 What have we Learned from Environmental Criminology for the Prevention of Crime?Brandon Welsh and Sema A. Taheri SECTION IV - Special Crimes and Circumstances 33 Riots, Space and PlacePeter Baudains and Shane D. Johnson 34 Geoprofiling TerrorismKim Rossmo 35 Child Sexual Abuse and OpportunityRichard Wortley 36 (Juvenile) Gangs and Space Matthew Valasik and George Tita 37 Organized Crime and PlacesEdward Kleemans 38 Cybercrime and Place: Applying Environmental Criminology to Crimes in CyberspaceFernando Miró Llinares and Shane D. Johnson 39 Maritime Piracy Michael Townsley