CJ 3533-410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Victimology
14 Feb 2017
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Four stages in the history of everyday life: the village pop: ~250. Few things people owned were handmade, so stolen items were easily identifiable. Local crime was unlikely, but highway robbers were an issue: the town pop: 10,000. Horses domesticated, allowed people to travel 8 miles a day. Local crime was limited, but when committed, horses made for a speedy getaway. Horses and wagons were crime targets: the convergent city. Ships and railroads allowed for more goods to be transported farther distances, docks became crime targets and attributed to a wave of crime. Caused cities to grow greatly which fed into dangerous neighborhoods. Strangers became more frequent and this increased the risk of property crime: the divergent metropolis. Cars created more opportunities for crime: theft of cars, their parts, their contents, crime in parking areas, and use of cars as getaway modes. The implementation of large cities helped minimize crime by providing natural surveillance of streets.
