THOSE WHO DISCOURAGE CRIME

By M. Felson. 2006

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Protection Against Pursuit: A Conceptual and Empirical Comparison of Cyberstalking and Stalking Victimization Among a National Sample (2014, background): “the role of guardianship and self-protection in preventing crime (Cohen, Kluegel, & Land, 1980; Felson, 1995; Reynald, 2010).”
Being Pursued Online (2011, background): “Social guardianship indicates the presence of others who, by their presence or degree of guardianship responsibility, may discourage crimes from taking place (Felson, 1995).”
Police Officers on Drug Corners in Philadelphia, Drug Crime, and Violent Crime: Intended, Diffusion, and Displacement Impacts (2005, background): “Much work suggests varying patrol levels or types do not affect crime rates (Braga, 2002; Felson, 1995; Lewis & Maxfield, 1980; Kelling, Pate, Dieckman, & Brown, 1974; Klockars, 1983).”
A Temporal Constraint Theory to Explain Opportunity-Based Spatial Offending Patterns (2006, background): “Routine activity theory emphasizes this interaction, adding the additional requirement of the interaction taking place in the absence of an inhibiting factor such as a place manager, guardian, or intimate handler (Felson 1995, 1998).”