Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > behavior (psychology) > antisocial behavior > crime > situational crime
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > crimes and offenses > antisocial behavior > crime > situational crime
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > mental health, mental disorders, and special groups > antisocial behavior > crime > situational crime
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > antisocial behavior > crime > situational crime
social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > crime > situational crime

Preferred term

situational crime  

Definition

  • Environmental criminology looks at the relationship between crime and its geographical or spatial environment: the extent to which crime is concentrated in particular places and what factors lead to higher crime rates. Situational crime prevention has developed out of research on crime hot spots, to see how situations can be altered to eliminate or reduce the opportunity for offenders to commit crime—on the principle that, even if there is a motivated offender and a relevant target, reducing the opportunity to offend will make crime less likely. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Situational Crime]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/situational_crime

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD