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Mugging as a Social Problem (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Pratt, Michael

 
9781032579313: Mugging as a Social Problem (Routledge Revivals)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1032579315 ISBN 13: 9781032579313
Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

First published in 1980, Mugging as a Social Problem sets out to remedy the deficiency of serious research on mugging. The work is based on a random sample of over 1000 muggings which occurred within the Metropolitan Police District in the mid-1970s, and the author analyses the results not only in absolute and comparative terms but also against a background of social determinants such as ecology, deprivation and race. Dr. Pratt’s long-term solution is not novel: an all-round improvement in housing, employment and social conditions will eventually remove the circumstances which create muggers; but there are steps, he suggests, which can be taken in the short term to stop mugging by reducing opportunity. However, before any effective measures can be introduced, more facts are needed about the background, motives and methods of the typical mugger: it is just such facts that this study sets out to provide. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, law, urban studies and criminology.

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Michael Pratt

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032579315
ISBN 13 
9781032579313
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
246