Toward a Criminology of Disaster : What We Know and What We Need to Find Out

• Main Authors: Frailing, Kelly (Author), Harper, Dee Wood (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Disaster Studies
• Subjects: kriminalita; katastrofy > sociální aspekty; crime; disasters > social aspects; elektronické knihy; monografie; electronic books; monographs

This book puts forward a comprehensive criminology of disaster by drawing - and building - upon existing theories which attempt to explain disaster crime. Although antisocial behaviour in disasters has long been viewed as a rarity, the authors present ample evidence that a variety of crime occurs in...