Toward a Criminology of Disaster: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out

by Dee Wood Harper and Kelly Frailing

Book Overview

This book puts forward a comprehensive criminology of disaster by drawing - and building - upon existing theories which attempt to explain disaster crime. Although antisocial behaviour in disasters has long been viewed as a rarity, the authors present ample evidence that a variety of crime occurs in the wake of disaster. Frailing and Harper's explorations of property crime, interpersonal violence and fraud during disaster reveal the importance of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349691666
• ISBN13: 9781349691661
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"