The International Crime Drop: New Directions in Research

by Graham Farrell, Andromachi Tseloni, Jan van Dijk

Book Overview

Drawing on new studies from major European countries and Australia, this exciting collection extends the ongoing debate on falling crime rates from the perspective of criminal opportunity or routine activity theory. It analyses the effect of post WW2 crime booms which triggered a universal improvement in security across the Western world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349337684
• ISBN13: 9781349337682
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"