Farrell, G orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-8457 (2016) Attempted Crime and the Crime Drop. International Criminal Justice Review, 26 (1). pp. 21-30. ISSN 1057-5677
Abstract
This study contributes to crime drop research on the security hypothesis. Using data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, it finds that the decline in attempted vehicle-related theft and domestic burglary was delayed by 2–4 years. Between 1993 and 1997, completed domestic burglary fell 21% but attempts by only 2.1%, while between 1993 and 1995 theft of cars fell 8% but attempts increased 3%. The delay is interpreted as consistent with rational choice theory and with some offenders continuing to try, but failing, to complete these crimes when faced with improved security. The subsequent decline in attempts is consistent with offenders, particularly new cohorts of adolescents, having been discouraged.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | crime drop; crime decline; security hypothesis; debut crime hypothesis; situational crime prevention; attempted crime |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2016 12:08 |
Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2016 12:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1057567715615392 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1057567715615392 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97471 |