Target Suitability and the Crime Drop

This is a chapter from The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory edited by Martin A. Andresen and Graham Farrell. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license. Target suitability is a cornerstone of Marcus Felson's routine activities approach, and critic...

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Main Authors: Tilley, Nick (Author), Farrell, Graham (Author), Clarke, Ronald V. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-52502-4
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