Professor Per-Olof H. Wikström is Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Girton College. He is the director of the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+).; Dr Dietrich Oberwittler has been working with Principal Investigator Per-Olof Wikström since 2004 when he worked for the SCoPiC Network as a Marie Curie fellow until 2006. His particular expertise revolve around spatial analysis and the neighbourhood dimension of crime.; Dr Kyle Treiber is a Research Associate and occasional lecturer who works particularly with the neurocognitive and biopsychological dimensions of the Peterborough Adolescent of Young Adult Development Study (PADS+). ; Beth Hardie is the Research Manager for the Peterborough Adolescent of Young Adult Development Study (PADS+).

The combination of carefully crafted and consistent assumptions about human nature, an extraordinarily rich data set, an equally rich theoretical frame with clear concepts and dynamics, and a series of analyses which allow the reader to see what is happening "under the hood, " is unparalleled in this reviewer's recent memory.

• PART 1 - ANALYSING CRIME AS SITUATIONAL ACTION: THEORY, METHODS, KEY CONSTRUCTS, AND BASIC FINDINGS; PART 2 - THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S URBAN CRIME; PART 3 - THE SITUATIONAL DYNAMICS OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S CRIME; PART 4 - IT'S ALL ABOUT INTERACTIONS; APPENDICES

Professor Per-Olof H. Wikström is Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Girton College. He is the director of the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+).; Dr Dietrich Oberwittler has been working with Principal Investigator Per-Olof Wikström since 2004 when he worked for the SCoPiC Network as a Marie Curie fellow until 2006. His particular expertise revolve around spatial analysis and the neighbourhood dimension of crime.; Dr Kyle Treiber is a Research Associate and occasional lecturer who works particularly with the neurocognitive and biopsychological dimensions of the Peterborough Adolescent of Young Adult Development Study (PADS+). ; Beth Hardie is the Research Manager for the Peterborough Adolescent of Young Adult Development Study (PADS+).

The combination of carefully crafted and consistent assumptions about human nature, an extraordinarily rich data set, an equally rich theoretical frame with clear concepts and dynamics, and a series of analyses which allow the reader to see what is happening "under the hood, " is unparalleled in this reviewer's recent memory.

• PART 1 - ANALYSING CRIME AS SITUATIONAL ACTION: THEORY, METHODS, KEY CONSTRUCTS, AND BASIC FINDINGS; PART 2 - THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S URBAN CRIME; PART 3 - THE SITUATIONAL DYNAMICS OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S CRIME; PART 4 - IT'S ALL ABOUT INTERACTIONS; APPENDICES

Professor Per-Olof H. Wikström is Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Girton College. He is the director of the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+).; Dr Dietrich Oberwittler has been working with Principal Investigator Per-Olof Wikström since 2004 when he worked for the SCoPiC Network as a Marie Curie fellow until 2006. His particular expertise revolve around spatial analysis and the neighbourhood dimension of crime.; Dr Kyle Treiber is a Research Associate and occasional lecturer who works particularly with the neurocognitive and biopsychological dimensions of the Peterborough Adolescent of Young Adult Development Study (PADS+). ; Beth Hardie is the Research Manager for the Peterborough Adolescent of Young Adult Development Study (PADS+).

The combination of carefully crafted and consistent assumptions about human nature, an extraordinarily rich data set, an equally rich theoretical frame with clear concepts and dynamics, and a series of analyses which allow the reader to see what is happening "under the hood, " is unparalleled in this reviewer's recent memory.

• PART 1 - ANALYSING CRIME AS SITUATIONAL ACTION: THEORY, METHODS, KEY CONSTRUCTS, AND BASIC FINDINGS; PART 2 - THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S URBAN CRIME; PART 3 - THE SITUATIONAL DYNAMICS OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S CRIME; PART 4 - IT'S ALL ABOUT INTERACTIONS; APPENDICES