Signal crimes : social reactions to crime, disorder, and control /
Drawing upon a ten-year program of fieldwork research, Signal Crimes presents the results from a series of inter-linked empirical studies that have resulted in the concept of a 'signal crime,' an incident that changes how people think, feel and behave about their safety due to their action...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Summary: | Drawing upon a ten-year program of fieldwork research, Signal Crimes presents the results from a series of inter-linked empirical studies that have resulted in the concept of a 'signal crime,' an incident that changes how people think, feel and behave about their safety due to their actions operating as signals to the presence of wider risks and threats. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-178) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780199684465 (hbk.) 0199684464 (hbk.) 0199684472 (pbk.) 9780199684472 (pbk.) |