Place Management and Crime: Ownership and Property Rights as a Source of Social Control

About This Book
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Places and Crime
	Social Control Hidden in Plain Sight
	Place, Place Managers, and Place Management
	The Concentration of Crime at Places
	The Argument That Follows
	References
Chapter 2: Why Some Places Are Bad
	Explanation 0: It’s Random
	Explanation 1: Reporting Bias
	Explanation 2: Size Matters
	Explanation 3: Repeat Victimization
	Explanation 4: Hot Products
	Explanation 5: Offender Concentration
	Explanation 6: Repeat Offenders
	Explanation 7: Inadequate Guardianship
	Explanation 8: Poor Handling
	Explanation 9: Low Informal Social Control
	Explanation 10: Bad Physical Design
	Too Many Explanations
	Appendix: Three Explanations for Proximal Place Crime Concentration
	References
Chapter 3: Place Management
	Place Managers
	The Four Functions of Place Management
		Organization of Space
		Regulation of Conduct
		Control of Access
		Acquisition of Resources
	Place Management as a Keystone Explanation
		Organization of Space
		Regulation of Conduct
		Control of Access
		Acquisition of Resources
	Crime Prevention Within Places
		Situational Crime Prevention
		Evidence Situational Prevention Works at Places
	Conclusions
	References
Chapter 4: Sources of Powers
	Being Explicit About Sources of Control Powers
	Defining Forms of Control
	What Is Community Informal Social Control?
		X: Actors
		A: Actions
		T: Targets
		G: Goals
		P: Powers
	The Source of Power of Place Managers
		Property Rights
		Rights That May Be Included in a Bundle of Rights
	Authority, Power, and Social Control
	References
Chapter 5: Place Manager Failures and Successes
	Why Some Fail But Most Do Not
	Controls on Place Managers
	Failures
	Conclusions
	References
Chapter 6: The Extended Place Manager I: Crime Radiation
	Introduction
	Do Some Facilities Radiate Crime to Their Purlieus?
	The Diffusion of Crime Control Benefits and Its Implications
	Direct Evidence for Radiation
	Conclusions
	References
Chapter 7: The Extended Place Manager II: Hidden Crime-Involved Places and Place Networks
	Introduction
	Place Types and Crime Functions
		Crime Sites
		Convergence Settings
		Comfort Spaces
		Corrupting Spots
	Networked Places and Violent Crime Hot Spots
	Tackling Crime-Involved Place Networks
		Place Network Investigations (PNI)
		Place Network Investigations Evidence
	Conclusions
	References
Chapter 8: The Extended Place Manager III: Place Networks for Safety
	Jane Jacobs’ Eyes on the Street
	Jane Jacobs’ Constant Succession of Eyes
	How Place Managers Expand Their Control
	Implications
	References
Chapter 9: Reducing Crime at High-Crime Places
	The Limits of Hot Spots Patrols
	The Advantages of Problem-Oriented Policing
	The Centrality of Regulation
		Regulating the Means for Reducing Crime
		Regulating the Ends of Crime Prevention
	A Comprehensive Place-Based Strategy
	References
Chapter 10: Rethinking the Forms of Social Control
	Thinking About Crime and Its Control
	The Problems of Neighborhood Thinking
	Forms of Control
		State Control
		Place Management
		Self-Control
		Interpersonal Control
		Overlaps and Layers
	Four Questions
	References
Index