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Are crime rates rising or falling around the world? Are specific types of crime more prevalent in some cultures than others? Do different cultures vary greatly in their attitudes toward crime prevention? Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of 15 case studies exploring the problems of crime and crime control in different countries, ranging from Germany to Ghana, to around the world. Cross-cultural comparisons examine the history, the public perceptions, contemporary problems, and the future of crime and crime control in each country. The comparisons

Crime is a phenomenon that arises from the interaction between social, political, economic, physical, psychological circumstances and geographical factors. Since crime occurs in geographical locations, the relationship between crime and location is worth discussing characteristics of a location occur in differents ways. Not only natural geographical factors but also human geographical factors may lead to crime. In this study, the situation, distribution of crimes in the cities which are in the police service zone are dealt with. In addition to crime dispersion in the cities and crimes committed to people and property, crimes committed by month is also studied. In this context, it is seen that since city centres are composed of dense population and urban functions, they feed crime, social control weakens in those areas and they create opportunities for criminals. This causes weakness in society and social capital apart from economic losses in cities. The number of crime incidents, which was 229,513 in 1995, in Turkey, has risen to 785,510 in 2006 with a 3.4 fold increase. 41% of the crimes which were committed in the year of 2006 were against people, 59% were against property.

Crime is a phenomenon that arises from the interaction between social, political, economic, physical, psychological circumstances and geographical factors. Since crime occurs in geographical locations, the relationship between crime and location is worth discussing characteristics of a location occur in differents ways. Not only natural geographical factors but also human geographical factors may lead to crime. In this study, the situation, distribution of crimes in the cities which are in the police service zone are dealt with. In addition to crime dispersion in the cities and crimes committed to people and property, crimes committed by month is also studied. In this context, it is seen that since city centres are composed of dense population and urban functions, they feed crime, social control weakens in those areas and they create opportunities for criminals. This causes weakness in society and social capital apart from economic losses in cities. The number of crime incidents, which was 229,513 in 1995, in Turkey, has risen to 785,510 in 2006 with a 3.4 fold increase. 41% of the crimes which were committed in the year of 2006 were against people, 59% were against property.

Intro -- Foreword -- The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa -- Murder in the Bahamas -- The Black Dahlia -- Who Was Bible John? -- The Vanished Lord -- Zodiac -- Karen Silkwood -- Series Glossary -- Chronology -- Further Information -- Index -- Picture Credits -- Blank Page.

Intro -- Book Title -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Tables -- 3.1 Project Management Process -- 4.1 Geographical Spread of Interview Participants -- 4.2 Sectors That Participants Represented -- 4.3 Producing a Scoring System for Vulnerability Factors -- 4.4 Producing a Scoring System for Security Factors -- 5.1 Positive and Negative Externalities and Social Costs and Benefits -- 5.2 Simplified Direct Regulatory Model for Credit Card Fraud Reduction -- 5.3 Simplified Cap-and-Trade Model for Credit Card Fraud Reduction -- 6.1 Ratio of Differences in Locking Practices for the Prototype Bicycle Parking Stands Compared to the Control Sheffield Stands -- 8.1 Principal Packaging Solutions and Technologies Against Counterfeiting -- 10.1 Handbag Theft in Supermarkets, Rates per 1,000 Warwickshire Residents -- 10.2 Victim-Reported Handbag Theft Description -- 10.3 What Drew Your Attention to the Trolley Safe? -- 11.1 AT CUT PRICES: Characteristics That Make FMCGAttractive to Thieves -- Figures -- 3.1 Four Main Activity Areas of the Design Life Cycle That Make Up the Framework -- 3.2 The DAC Evaluation Framework -- 3.3 Example of a Page from the DAC Evaluation Framework Publication -- 6.1 The Prototype Bicycle Parking Stands -- 6.2 Fraction of Time Bicycle Parking Stands Were Observed as Unused -- 6.3 Locking Practices for Sheffield Stands vs. the Prototype Bicycle Parking Stands as a Single Group -- 6.4 Locking Practices for Sheffield Stands and Each Prototype Bicycle Parking Stand -- 7.1 Sketch of an Early Version of a CT Bin -- 7.2 CT Bin on a Sydney Railway Platform -- 9.1 Final Version of the Grippa Clip -- 9.2 The Chelsea Clip -- 9.3 Poster Advertising the Grippa Clip -- 9.4 Card Hanger for the Grippa Clip -- 9.5 The Grippa Clip with the Handbag Logo.