Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Preponderant Relationships: Violent Crime, Premises Security Litigation, and Low-Income Housing. |
| Authors: |
Gotham, Kevin Fox1 (AUTHOR), Kennedy, Daniel B.2 (AUTHOR) danielbkennedy@comcast.net |
| Source: |
Deviant Behavior. Mar2025, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p376-390. 15p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*LOW-income housing, *ASSAULT & battery, *VIOLENT crimes, *HOUSING development, *JUSTICE administration |
| Abstract: |
This paper advances knowledge of the ways in which criminological research can assist the courts in rendering legal decisions. To do so, we examine case examples from premises security litigation involving low-income housing developments. We describe the investigative tasks of a premises security lawsuit, address the challenges of examining and explaining a criminal assault, and show how criminological scholarship can point to the importance of place management in suppressing or facilitating crime in low-income housing developments. We examine three preponderant relationships – offender and victim, security standards and proximate causation, and place management and crime opportunities – to provide insight into the translation of criminological knowledge into actionable legal outcomes. We address the nexus of environmental criminology and premises security litigation to strengthen the scientific foundation of criminological research and improve the quality of forensic social scientific research in the legal system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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