Crime And Nature

Crime has its own ecosystem. Marcus Felsons innovative new text shows howmodern society can reduce this ecosystem and limit its biodiversity.Providing students ... » 

Crime has its own ecosystem. Marcus Felsons innovative new text shows howmodern society can reduce this ecosystem and limit its biodiversity.Providing students with a system for thinking about crime Crime and Natureshows clearly how crime draws from the larger ecosystem how offenders foragefor targets and how they depend on one another. Marcus Felson considers howcrime feeds off legal activities and shows how crime ecology can help shut offcrime opportunities and reduce crime in local areas.With a wealth of examples illustrating the concepts discussed and the authorsclear enjoyable writing style and willingness to take sometimes controversialstances this textbook keeps students engaged in this original work.It is accessible for readers at any leve andl delves well beyond introductorymaterials. It is a timely addition to the crime science literature and is aninnovative resource for students and criminologists alike. Pedagogicalfeatures including summaries cogent exercises and wellchosen charts andtables make this an excellent text for courses such as Introduction toCriminology Sociology of Law Crime and Biology Social Problems Crime Theoryand Crime Control and Prevention. «