Work on risk has developed into a large industry applied in a
variety of ways and locations. Here we locate crime research in the
overall interdisciplinary study of risk and begin to address how
risk can be used as a key element in our understanding of crime
origins, evolution and prevention. We investigate how risk has been
dealt with in crime theories and the usefulness of this concept in
connecting crime perspectives together; we consider the ways in
which risk is embedded in the evolution of crime; and how we might
use the concept of risk to prevent crime and victimization. Using
the criminal event perspective, we tie together risk with crime
theories in a coherent fashion. Further, we explore how these ideas
work in practical applications of crime control and prevention. The
implicit notion of risk assessment practiced by police is explored
and made explicit in our treatment of this topic in our last
chapter. We believe that the increased interest in risk demands
that we have a clearer idea of how it works within crime theories
and how it can be successfully employed in improving police
practice, providing the tools to act proactively on good
intelligence and carefully thought out strategies.
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