Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Putting Crime in its Place
Chapter 3: Crime Concentrations and Crime Patterns at Places
Chapter 4: The Importance of Street Segments in the Production of the Crime Problem
Chapter 5: Concentrations of Crime Opportunities
Chapter 6: Are Processes of Social Disorganization Relevant to the Criminology of Place?
Chapter 7: Understanding Developmental Patterns of Crime at Street Segments
Chapter 8: Conclusions
Appendix 1: Trajectory Analysis Model Selection and Diagnostic Statistics
Appendix 2: Ripley's K Function
Appendix 3: Cross-K Function
Appendix 4: Data Collection
Appendix 5: Additional Statistical Models
References
Index

About the Author

David Weisburd is Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the Hebrew University and Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University.

Elizabeth Groff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University.

Sue-Ming Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at National Chung Cheng University.

Reviews

"No one in policing, probation or city government can afford not to read this book. David Weisburd and his colleagues have assembled the most comprehensive account ever of where crime happens. Ignoring what they say is like ignoring a tornado warning."
-- Lawrence W. Sherman, Wolfson Professor of Criminology, Cambridge University, and Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park.
"Criminology has been invigorated by an ecological tradition that takes variation in crime across neighborhoods as its unit of analysis-not the individual. Weisburd, Groff, and Yang drill down further and examine variation in crime by street segments within neighborhoods. Enriching and extending the ecological tradition, The Criminology of Place derives new insights and provides the fullest explanation yet of how "micro places" influence the
incidence of crime. The book is a welcome and important contribution to criminology with distinct policy implications."
-- Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University and author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect
"This is a very important book for policy-makers, practitioners and academics. The authors carefully and systematically build their case that effective crime prevention efforts must be focused first on a small number of high crime problem places. The detail of their arguments transforms hotspot policing and prevention in the same way keyhole surgery has transformed medical care. Their case is persuasive and, above all, evidence based."
-- Peter Neyroud CBE QPM, University of Cambridge and Former Chief Constable and Chief Executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency
"The Criminology of Place represents an important advance in our understanding of the nature of urban crime problems. It is very well written and comprehensive in its coverage of relevant empirical and theoretical criminological research. The book also presents new data on and empirical analyses of the nature of crime problems at places. The visually-striking color maps and graphs provide clear and easy-to-understand summaries of the authors' key
research findings and arguments. This book is a must read for city managers, politicians, police executives, community leaders, and others interested in dealing with urban crime problems in a more effective way." --
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