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environmental criminology
An emerging perspective which emphasizes the importance of geographic location and architectural features as they are associated with the prevalence of criminal victimization. (note: as the term has been understood to date, environmental criminology is not the study of environmental crime, but rather a perspective which stresses how crime varies from place to place. )
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Sociology
- Category: Criminology
- Company: Pearson Prentice Hall
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- M.Holmes
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