The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear
How does the city’s urban fabric relate to crime and fear, and how is that fabric affected by crime and fear? Does the urban environment affect one’s decision to commit an offence? Is there a victimisation-related inequality within cities? How do crime an
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The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear
Editor Vania Ceccato School of Architecture and the Built Environment Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
ISBN 978-94-007-4209-3 ISBN 978-94-007-4210-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4210-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012941401 # Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
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Preface
This book is written for all those interested in the city’s liveability, more specifically the city’s capacity to generate places fit for all to live in. Crime and fear of crime impose challenges to the liveability of cities. Whether the risk of being a victim of crime is real or not, contemporary security concerns hamper mobility and social interactions that are vital for urban quality of life. The risk of being a victim of crime is not equally or randomly distributed over space; some parts of the urban fabric are less safe than others. Fear of crime has been found to follow specific patterns in the city which are not always easy to predict. This book aims to show links between urban structure, crime and fear of crime, illustrating how different disciplines deal with
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