The situational and environmental perspective in criminology refers to a collection of theories and approaches that focus on the role that immediate circumstances play in producing criminal acts. This contrasts with criminology’s more usual preoccupation with what creates offenders’ criminality: depending on the disciplinary orientation, the disposition to commit crime is accounted for by genetic makeup, developmental experiences, or current social, cultural, and economic conditions. Correspondingly, the usual solution to any crime problem is deemed to require altering these long-term and systemic causes of criminality, for example, by investing in early intervention with at-risk families, increasing educational opportunities, removing social and economic disadvantage, or providing treatments for known offenders. Show
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Rights and permissionsReprints and Permissions Copyright information© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York About this entryCite this entryWortley, R., Tilley, N. (2014). Theories for Situational and Environmental Crime Prevention. In: Bruinsma, G., Weisburd, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_548 How are environmental theories used in crime prevention?Environmental Crime Prevention strategies include formal and informal social control measures which try to clamp down on anti-social behaviour and prevent an area from deteriorating. They emphasises the role of formal control measures (the police) much more than situational crime prevention theory.
Why is environmental criminology important?Environmental criminology is important because it focuses on modifying the behavior cues given off by a location in order to prevent criminal activity.
Who developed the environmental theory of crime?Ray Jeffery (1971: 279) coined the term “environmental criminology” in a call for the establishment of a new school of thought in the field of criminology.
Is environmental criminology theory also called crime Science?While crime science draws on concepts and theories from environmental criminology, the two are not one and the same.
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