Burglary

Burglary has all the credentials as the 'folk crime for the new millennium', and is regularly identified as one of the crimes most feared by the public. Victims are particularly affected by burglary, and burglary is generally at the centre of crime prevention and community safety strategies.This book provides an accessible, systematic account of burglary, focusing on the crime in the first part of the book, and on policy responses in the second. It will be of interest to both students of crime and criminal justice and practitioners in policing and crime prevention and it looks at burglary in both national and international contexts.

Part 1 Introduction

Setting the scene

3

(10)

Burglary in debate

3

(1)

Defining burglary

4

(4)

Sources used in the book

8

(1)

The structure of the book

9

(4)

Part 2 The problem

13

(64)

Burglary: the folk crime of the new millennium?

15

(20)

Introduction

15

(1)

Anxiety about burglary

16

(1)

The extent of burglary

17

(5)

The myth of the 'average person': variations in risk

22

(8)

Variations in levels of anxiety

30

(3)

Summary

33

(2)

The impact of burglary

35

(20)

Introduction

35

(2)

Research on burglary victims

37

(3)

Financial problems

40

(5)

Other effects of burglary

45

(2)

Long-term impacts: fear

47

(1)

Differing impact

48

(2)

Summary

50

(5)

Repeat burglary

55

(6)

Introduction

51

(1)

The history of the concept

52

(1)

The extent of repeat victimisation

53

(1)

The time course of repeats

54

(1)

Differential risks

55

(2)

Explaining repeat victimisation

57

(1)

Case study: the impact of repeat victimisation

58

(1)

Discussion: policy implications

59

(1)

Summary

60

(1)

Burglars

61

(16)

Introduction

61

(1)

The characteristics of burglars

62

(2)

Specialising in burglary

64

(1)

Drugs and burglary

65

(3)

Explaining burglary

68

(1)

Social networks: co-offenders and fences

69

(2)

Burglars' targets

71

(4)

Summary

75

(2)

Part 3 The policy response

77

(111)

Alternative approaches to burglary reduction

79

(15)

Crime prevention

79

(1)

Crime prevention and the police

80

(1)

Private policing

81

(1)

Case study: public perceptions of private security in Plymouth

82

(3)

Neighbourhood watch

85

(3)

Target hardening

88

(4)

Summary

92

(2)

Comprehensive strategies for burglary reduction

94

(24)

Introduction

94

(1)

The Secured by Design initiative

95

(1)

The Kirkholt Burglary Prevention Project

95

(3)

The Safer Cities programme

98

(3)

Case study: burglary reduction initiatives in Plymouth

101

(10)

The Burglary Reduction Initiative

111

(2)

Risk, fear and the elderly initiatives

113

(1)

The 1998 Crime and Disorder Act

114

(1)

Evaluating intervention

114

(4)

Police services for burglary victims

118

(21)

Introduction

118

(2)

Policing in a cross-national context: the ICVS

120

(2)

Case study: police response to burglary victims in Europe

122

(8)

Worldwide examples of improvements to policing

130

(1)

Evaluating policing: England and Wales

131

(3)

Case study: victims' perceptions of police services in Devon and Cornwall

134

(3)

Discussion

137

(2)

Victim assistance programmes

139

(15)

Introduction

139

(1)

Victim assistance programmes: an overview

140

(1)

Victim Support in England and Wales

141

(7)

Needs and services

148

(3)

Case study: identifying unmet needs in Europe

151

(1)

Summary and discussion

152

(2)

Commercial burglary

154

(13)

Introduction

154

(1)

The nature and extent of commercial burglary

155

(2)

Case study: the effects of commercial burglary

157

(2)

Victims' perceptions of police services

159

(1)

The extent of security

160

(2)

Offending patterns

162

(3)

Summary

165

(2)

Detection and sentencing

167

(21)

Introduction

167

(1)

Detection

167

(4)

Innovations in detection

171

(2)

Operations against the distribution of stolen goods

173

(1)

Cautions and conviction

174

(1)

Public attitudes towards sentencing

175

(3)

Imprisonment

178

(4)

Noncustodial alternatives

182

(4)

Targeting drug misusers

186

(1)

Summary

187

(1)

Afterword

188

(2)

References

190

(16)

Index

206

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