Download or read book The Geography of Urban Crime written by David T. Herbert and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1982 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the geography of urban crime by integrating the concepts of criminology with the spatial perspective that geography brings to the study of criminal behaviour. The author begins with an examination of the sources of criminological data, and their spatial dimensions, then discusses the use of geographical approaches to study both offences and offenders in their local environment.