Guarding Against Crime: Measuring Guardianship within Routine Activity Theory

By Danielle M. Reynald

This ground-breaking book examines the critical role that citizens play in guarding against crime. By focusing on the ways in which residents are able to capably guard their residential environments from crime, Reynald shows how local residents function (or fail to function) as effective crime controllers. The studies contained herein are aimed at developing our theoretical, empirical and practical understanding of the function of the capable guardian as a critical, yet elusive actor in the crime event model.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409411761
• ISBN13: 9781409411765
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"