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Crime prevention series

The theory

Published in:
Preventing graffiti and vandalism
Susan Geason and Paul Wilson
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1990
ISBN 0 642 14936 4 ; ISSN 1031-5330
(Crime prevention series)

Abstract

The authors briefly outline three criminological theories on vandalism and the comments or research based on them by other criminologists: defensible space theory by Oscar Newman; manageable space theory by Donald Perlgut; and physical design and kinetic management by Marcus Felson.