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dc.contributor.authorTownsley, Michael
dc.contributor.authorLeclerc, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorTatham, Peter H
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-05T01:30:47Z
dc.date.available2018-10-05T01:30:47Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0007-0955
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/bjc/azv071
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/125311
dc.description.abstractThis study examines how super controllers , actors responsible for creating incentives for controllers (handlers, place managers and guardians), prevent maritime piracy. Using a segmented regression model, we estimate the impact of three major anti-pirate initiatives (increased place management, increased handling and increased guardianship) using nine years of pirate activity data. Increased place management at sea reduced piracy but created tactical displacement, spreading piracy across the Indian Ocean. Establishing and constructing pirate courts and prisons, a form of offender handling, had no ostensible impact on pirate activity. Increased guardianship, in the form of detailed situational crime prevention guidance, triggered a swift and widespread reduction in pirate attacks. The introduction of super controllers and the actions they instigated dramatically altered the context of maritime piracy, making it easier to prevent pirate attacks.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom537
dc.relation.ispartofpageto557
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume56
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational and comparative law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLegal systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4803
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4805
dc.titleHow Super Controllers Prevent Crimes: Learning from Modern Maritime Piracy
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTownsley, Michael K.
gro.griffith.authorLeclerc, Benoit


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