Essays about: "Environmental crime"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 38 essays containing the words Environmental crime.

  1. 21. Property Crime in The City and County of San Francisco 2016 - 2017 : Applying GIS to Crime Pattern Theory

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Emma Edholm; [2019]
    Keywords : GIS; crime pattern theory; environmental criminology; hot spots of crime;

    Abstract : This study’s aim is to reveal statistically significant hot spots and temporal patterns of property crime in the City and County of San Francisco and to also analyse the relationship between property crimes and the environment in which these crimes occur by using Geographic Information System (GIS). Crime pattern theory was used as the framework for the analysis of environmental surroundings and occurrence of crime. READ MORE

  3. 22. Trygghet i offentliga parker : en studie om hur teorin CPTED kan appliceras på Månstensparken i Uppsala

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sofia Hane; [2019]
    Keywords : CPTED; trygghet; offentlig park; Månstensparken; Uppsala;

    Abstract : Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur väl teorin Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) går att tillämpa när nya offentliga parker planeras. För att kunna besvara det valdes Månstensparken ut och efter platsbesök och observationer var det möjligt att granska parken utifrån fem nyckelprinciper som CPTED står för. READ MORE

  4. 23. COME RAIN OR SHINE, THERE IS ALWAYS CRIME. Examining the relationship between temperature, precipitation, and daily crime rates in Malmö, Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Josefin Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : criminology; weather; regression; daily crime rates; Malmö;

    Abstract : Crime and weather are common topics of conversation, but rarely simultaneously. Criminological research has investigated the two and found that there is a connection. However, this nature of the association varies depending on geography and type of crime. READ MORE

  5. 24. Evaluation of an area in Sweden using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Jessika Marklund; Sara Åhrberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Risk assessment; Crime prevention; Environmental design; Sweden;

    Abstract : Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a crime preventive approach used for the physical environment to reduce criminal activity. CPTED consists of six principles: Territoriality, Surveillance, Target hardening, Image and Management/Maintenance, Access control and Activity support. READ MORE

  6. 25. Climate Crimes : Climate change and deforestation: a case-study of state-corporate crime in Peru

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Margherita Capriola; [2017]
    Keywords : Peru; Amazon; climate change; environmental crime; state-corporate crime; palm oil industry; indigenous peoples;

    Abstract : During the last decades, climate change studies have been focusing more intensely on its anthopocenic essence, as the consequence of production and consumption patterns that require the intensive exploitation of the environment. In line with this school of thought, and new generations of studies on environmental crime, this work aims to present the environmentally and climate-related issues arising from land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon; focusing on those casual mechanisms developed from the collusion between Peruvian-economic policies and new private actors such as transnational corporations (TNCs). READ MORE