Understanding Crime and Place

Elizabeth R. Groff is a Professor of Criminal Justice and a member of the Center for Security and Crime Science at Temple University as well as a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology. She is co-author of The Criminology of Place: Street Segments and Our Understanding of the Crime Problem, Residential Burglary: How the Environment and Our Lifestyles Play a Contributing Role, 3rd ed., and Place Matters: Criminology for the Twenty-First Century. Her research explores crime and place, crime prevention, and technology in policing.Cory P. Haberman is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and director of the Institute of Crime Science at the University of Cincinnati.

“Understanding Crime and Place is an impressive collection of methods in spatial criminology. It sets itself apart through its breadth, depth, and practical orientation. The editors and contributors cover just about everything one needs to conduct an empirical research study on place-based crime, starting with theory and moving on to data collection, spatial units, and all the way to evaluation methods. The scope and accessibility of Understanding Crime and Place will appeal to a wide range of expertise levels. This book deserves to be on the bookshelf of any criminologist interested in the influences of place and space on crime.”-Michael Townsley, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, and editor of Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (Second Edition) “An understanding of place is as important to the study of crime as an appreciation of victims, offenders, and police. The consistency of geography allows for reliable measurements and objective analyses, enabling the development of practical crime prevention and control techniques. This methods handbook establishes a solid theoretical and methodological foundation, and the broad range of conceptual, measurement, and analytic topics discussed by the contributors will be appreciated by scholars and practitioners alike.”-D. Kim Rossmo, Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Texas State University, and author of Criminal Investigative Failures "Overall, the handbook serves as an excellent primer for anyone interested in crime and place research. It supplies readers with the cutting-edge analytic techniques being used in the field. The book still pays homage to communities and crime research by including sections on larger spatial units such as neighborhoods.... In the years ahead, people should come to see the book as foundational given the book can serve researchers, practitioners, instructors, and students."-Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books