Regulating Crime
The Birth of the Idea, Its Nurture, and the Implications for Contemporary Criminology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9481309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald V Clarke (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 679 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-35 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716218775031 |
| OpenAlex | W2888195693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
This volume’s contention that regulations have a powerful role in crime control contradicts the prevailing positivism of criminology—that is, the contention that criminality is largely explained by criminals’ past experiences. This article draws upon recent critiques of positivism and explains the implications for contemporary criminology. It begins by describing the ideas of a London magistrate, Patrick Colquhoun, about the determinants of crime and the best means of its control. Colquhoun’s writings were the first developed discussion of regulating crime, but they were soon eclipsed by positivist thinking. I list numerous weakness of positivism and argue that, instead of seeing offenders’ behavior as determined by their past, greater account should be taken of the situational inducements and opportunities to commit crime that they encounter in their everyday lives. Instead of positivism, the dominant model of criminology and crime control should be a neoclassicist, bounded rational choice model, which would introduce situational design and management changes to restrict offenders choices and modify behavior. That change in orientation would open limitless opportunities for criminologists
Commit · Crime control · Criminal justice · Criminology · Cultural Criminology · Political science · Positivism · Situational ethics · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
Routine Activity and Rational Choice
The Culture of Control
Linking Criminal Choices, Routine Activities, Informal Control, and Criminal Outcomes
Principles of Criminology
Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits
The International Crime Drop
The New Criminology
Research and Methodology
Assessing the Extent of Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits
How Well Do Criminologists Explain Crime? Statistical Modeling in Published Studies
Beyond Adolescence‐limited Criminology
The Limits of the Sovereign State
Testament for Social Science
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Social Change and Crime Rate Trends
Crime and Public Policy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |