Crime and the opportunity and the urban environment

4 important questions on Crime and the opportunity and the urban environment

Who was James Charles Booth?

He researched and made maps on poverty. His maps were coloured by him in London.
critique: the ecological fallacy that those areas and people were mapped as a problem

How can we apply the routine activity theory?

Likely offender: thieves, dock workers; many goods that could be stolen
suitable target: coal, wood
absence capable guardian: not much watches

What was the possible solution to rise of property crime?

Labour relations: temporary employment of dockworkers> transient workforce

>situational crime prevention appeared more suitable to control and reduce crime rather than to focus on the criminals themselves.

SCP: manipulate the environment to limit crime and problem-oriented approach: reduce opportunities for specific crime by increasing risks of being caught and reducing the reward.
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What were practical changes in Antwerp?

  • Increased means of control: more artificial lights, guards, fewer windows of opportunity
  • temporal control: patrols created, (mostly in active times)
  • fences were installed and gates

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