Profiling Property Crimes
Published on 31. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-84014-787-2 (ISBN)
Description
Each of these commissioned papers explores the varieties of different crimes against property. The actions that differentiate types of arson, burglary, workplace crime and robbery are examined to provide insights of relevance to criminologists, psychologists and criminal investigators.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 line figures, 10 shaded figures
Dimensions
Height: 154 mm
Width: 218 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84014-787-2 (9781840147872)
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Content
Profiling property crimes, David Canter and Laurence Alison; intruders, pilferers, raiders and invaders - the interpersonal dimension of burglary, Simon Merry and Louise Harsent; the criminal range of small town burglars, Mary Barker; bandits, cowboys and robins - the facets of armed robbery, Laurence Alison, Warren Rockett, Steven Deprez and Steven Watts; criminal weapon use in Brazil - a psychological analysis, Aline Lobato; the contribution of psychological research to arson investigation, Katarina Fritzon; theft at work, Adrian Robertson; the psychology of fraud, Nick J. Dodd; statistical approaches to offender profiling, David P. Farrington and Sandra Lambert; using corporate data to combat crime against organizations - a review of the issues, Nick J. Dodd; crime analysis - principles for analyzing everyday serial crime, Simon Merry.