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dc.contributor.authorReynald, Danielle
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T04:49:42Z
dc.date.available2018-02-19T04:49:42Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.isbn9781461456896
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_676
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/140434
dc.description.abstractGuardianship is the process by which citizens function as effective informal crime prevention and control agents. The concept was first intro­duced in Cohen and Felson's (1979) routine activity approach and was originally defined as "any spatio-temporally specific supervision of people or property by other people which may prevent criminal violations from occurring" (Felson and Cohen 1980). In spite of the capable guardian's central role in determining criminal victimization, research focusing exclu­sively on guardianship and the mechanisms that facilitate and inhibit it is limited, particularly compared to that of offending and victimization. Recent research has begun to address this gap in the criminological literature to reveal that guardianship against crime is effective when cit­izens are available and is boosted when they engage in monitoring or supervision of their surroundings and intervene when necessary. Empirical evidence demonstrates that guardianship intensity in residential environ­ments is a place-based characteristic, as it is critically determined by the opportunities available for supervision generated by spatio­physical and sociodemographic contextual factors.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleEncyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2480
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2489
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and Prevention of Crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160201
dc.titleInformal Guardianship
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorReynald, Danielle M.


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