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The Criminal Act

The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Martin A. Andresen

    1. Simon Fraser University, Canada

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  2. Graham Farrell

    1. Simon Fraser University, Canada

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Martin A. Andresen, Graham Farrell
    Pages 1-4

  3. Meaningfully and Artfully Reinterpreting Crime for Useful Science: An Essay on the Value of Building with Simple Theory

    • John E. Eck, Tamara D. Madensen
    Pages 5-18

  4. Routine Activity Theory in Crime Investigation

    • D. Kim Rossmo, Lucia Summers
    Pages 19-32

  5. The Routine Nature of Transnational Crime

    • Gisela Bichler, Aili Malm
    Pages 33-58

  6. Target Suitability and the Crime Drop

    • Nick Tilley, Graham Farrell, Ronald V. Clarke
    Pages 59-76Open Access

  7. Distributive Justice and the Crime Drop

    • Dainis Ignatans, Ken Pease
    Pages 77-87

  8. Opportunities for Dispute-Related Violence

    • Richard B. Felson
    Pages 88-107

  9. Routine Activity Theory: A Cornerstone of Police Crime Analyst Work

    • Rachel Boba Santos
    Pages 108-114

  10. Poetry in Motion: The Case of Insider and Outsider Offenders

    • Kate Bowers, Shane D. Johnson
    Pages 115-130

  11. Understanding Crime with Computational Topology

    • Patricia L. Brantingham, Paul J. Brantingham
    Pages 131-145

  12. Factors Associated with Homeless Encampment Locations in Anchorage, Alaska

    • Sharon Chamard
    Pages 146-168

  13. Nature and Cycle of Cycle Thefts

    • Johannes Knutsson
    Pages 169-176

  14. Time Use Matters for Risk Assessments: Time-Based Victimization Rates for Specific Types of Place

    • A M Lemieux
    Pages 177-195

  15. Whistle-blowers as Capable Guardians: The Decision to Report Wrongdoing as a (Boundedly) Rational Choice

    • Richard Wortley
    Pages 196-213

  16. Burglary in a Segregated City: Race of Offenders and Community of Offending

    • George Rengert, Brian Lockwood, Elizabeth R. Groff
    Pages 214-239

  17. Letters to Marcus Felson

    • Martin A. Andresen, Graham Farrell
    Pages 240-257

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 258-273
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About this book

This volume provides a unique collection of essays in honour of the work of Marcus Felson and his notable contribution to routine activity theory, environmental criminology and the discipline more broadly.



Chapter 5 of this book is open access under a CC BY license.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Simon Fraser University, Canada

    Martin A. Andresen, Graham Farrell

About the editors

Gisela Bichler, California State University, USA. Kate Bowers, University College London, UK. Patricia L. Brantingham, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Paul J. Brantingham, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Sharon Chamard, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA. John E. Eck, University of Cincinnati, USA. Richard B. Felson, Pennsylvania State University, USA. Elizabeth Groff, Temple University, USA. Dainis Ignatans, University of Kent, UK. Shane D Johnson, University College London, UK. Johannes Knutsson, Norwegian Police University College, Norway. AM Lemieux, Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, The Netherlands. Brian Lockwood, Monmouth University, New Jersey, USA. Tamara D. Madensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. Aili Malm, California State University, USA. Ken Pease, University College London and University of Loughborough, UK. George F. Rengert, Temple University, USA. D. Kim Rossmo, Texas State University, USA. Rachel Santos, Florida Atlantic University, USA. Lucia Summers, Texas State University, USA. Nick Tilley, University College London, UK. Richard Wortley, University College London, UK.

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