Full Description
This book is a tribute to the work of criminologist Professor Ronald V. Clarke, in view of his enormous and enduring contribution to criminology and crime science. Clarke is best known for his development of the theory and application of situational crime prevention, although he also played a major part in the establishment of the British Crime Survey, in discussions of evaluation methodology, and in improving the knowledge base and tools for problem-oriented policing. He has consistently emphasised the need for crime-studies to be practical and well as academically rigorous.
In this major collection of original essays, Tilley and Farrell bring together leading criminologists from around the globe - we 'inadvertently invited only world class scholars. Oops.' the editors profess - all of whom are colleagues or ex-students of Clarke.
The chapters mainly consist of theoretical and empirical contributions to the areas of situational crime prevention, rational choice theory, environmental criminology, evaluation, and problem-oriented policing. The largely biographical introduction 'Ronald V. Clarke - The Quiet Revolutionary' is based on interviews with Clarke.
Contents
Introduction: Ronald V. Clarke - the Quiet Revolutionary 1. Situational Crime Prevention: The Home Office Origins 2. On Being Crime Specific: Observations on the Career of R.V.G. Clarke 3. Ferruginous Ducks, Low Hanging Fruit, and Ronald V. Clarke's World of Crime Science 4. Happy returns: ideas brought back from situational crime prevention's exploration of design against crime 5. Linking Situational Crime Prevention and Focused Deterrence Strategies 6. How Situational Crime Prevention Saved Problem-oriented Policing 7. Ron Clarke's Contribution to Improving Policing: a Diffusion of Benefits 8. Vulnerability of Evaluators of Problem-oriented Policing Projects 9. Evaluation for Everyday Life 10. CCTV Evaluation 11. Spatial Displacement and Diffusion of Crime Control Benefits Revisited: New Evidence on why Crime Doesn't just move around the Corner 12. Suicide and Opportunity: Implications for the Rationality of Suicide 13. Ron and the Schiphol Fly 14. Exploring the Person-Situation Interaction in Situational Crime Prevention 15. A Rational Choice Analysis of Organized Crime and Trafficked Goods 16. The Structure of Angry Violence 17. Extending the Reach of Situational Crime Prevention 18. Contrasting Hotspots: Did the Opportunist make the Heat 19. Situating Situational Crime Prevention: Anchoring Politically Palatable Crime Reduction Strategy
