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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A case study investigating the criminal activity among residents in an urban area
AU - Neild, Jill
AU - Paylor, Ian
PY - 1996/11
Y1 - 1996/11
N2 - This article draws on and adds to the criminological debate surrounding the link between crime and immediate environmental conditions. The article describes and offers analysis of a piece of research conducted by one of the authors in Colne, a small town in Lancashire, England, which sought to examine the propositon that people who reside in a certain locality are more prone to engage in criminal activity. From analysis of press reports of criminal activity, we can see that the incidence of crime moved, during a period of years, from one area of the town to another. The arficle provides an explanation of why this happened and offers comment on the overall issue.
AB - This article draws on and adds to the criminological debate surrounding the link between crime and immediate environmental conditions. The article describes and offers analysis of a piece of research conducted by one of the authors in Colne, a small town in Lancashire, England, which sought to examine the propositon that people who reside in a certain locality are more prone to engage in criminal activity. From analysis of press reports of criminal activity, we can see that the incidence of crime moved, during a period of years, from one area of the town to another. The arficle provides an explanation of why this happened and offers comment on the overall issue.
U2 - 10.1177/001391659602800602
DO - 10.1177/001391659602800602
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 748
EP - 763
JO - Environment and Behavior
JF - Environment and Behavior
SN - 1552-390X
IS - 6
ER -