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Environmental criminology
An emerging perspective which emphasises 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. )
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- Industry/Domain: Sociology
- Category: Criminology
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