Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2089-4078
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Criminals have a firsthand perspective on why and how to commit crime. In this chapter, we outline and illustrate five ways that offender-based research can be used to inform understanding of crime prevention, more specifically situational crime prevention: namely, (1) by directly determining what works to reduce crime; (2) generating findings that are suggestive of what prevention measures to invent and employ; (3) refining understanding of why a given prevention method reduces crime; (4) figuring out how offenders get around particular prevention measures; and, (5) gathering information on not only the positive but also the unintended, negative outcomes of prevention procedures. We conclude by discussing the choices involved in conducting offender-based research for the betterment of situational crime prevention.
Recommended Citation
Jacques, Scott, and Elizabeth Bonomo. 2016. Learning from the Offenders’ Perspective on Crime Prevention. Chapter 2 in Crime Prevention in the 21st Century, eds. Benoit Leclerc and Ernesto U. Savona. New York: Springer.
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Criminology and Criminal Justice Commons, Defense and Security Studies Commons, Information Security Commons
Comments
Publisher version available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27793-6_2. The archived and publisher version may slightly differ due to copyediting.