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UNDERSTANDING CRIME DISPLACEMENT: AN APPLICATION OF RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY
Author(s) -
CORNISH DEREK B.,
CLARKE RONALD V.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1987.tb00826.x
Subject(s) - rational choice theory (criminology) , perspective (graphical) , structuring , displacement (psychology) , outcome (game theory) , order (exchange) , criminal behavior , crime prevention , criminal behaviour , crime control , criminology , constellation , cultural criminology , economics , positive economics , management science , psychology , social psychology , computer science , microeconomics , artificial intelligence , criminal justice , physics , finance , astronomy , psychotherapist
It has been claimed that the rational choice perspective, which sees criminal behavior as the outcome of decisions and choices made by the offender, can provide a useful framework for analyzing crime control policies. By developing the concept of “choice‐structuring properties,” which refers to the constellation of opportunities, costs, and benefits attaching to particular kinds of crime, this paper attempts to develop rational choice theory in order to improve analysis of crime displacement—a concept frequently invoked by the critics of opportunity‐reducing measures of crime prevention.