CRIM 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Yaletown, Commuter Town, Gastown

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 352
• Professor: Martin Andresen

Document Summary

Originally referred to as the geometry of crime. Focuses on the place/space dimension: space is an objective geographical concept, such as distance and direction, place is a subjective concept to describing the context. And how this relates to the other dimensions: any criminal event is dynamic at least one component moving through space and time, social involves interaction between offender and victim, patterned routine activity, predictable. Most criminal are law-a(cid:271)idi(cid:374)g (cid:373)ost of the ti(cid:373)e. Crime is often a by-product of non-criminal activities, but not always: may have physical, social, cognitive factors that would deter crime. Context, by dynamic: emphasize movement and the importance of change, metaphor is a flag because flags move in the wind. Change can be fast or slow: afternoon moves slower, almost static, heightened awareness at night. And can lead to a change in the spatial patterns of crime.