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Viewing social norms from the perspective of deviant behaviour, criminological theories appealing to the social or environmental influences on crime are discussed. The focus is on three approaches, rational choice criminology, environmental criminology and sociological criminology. Two formal models of crime are reviewed: a statistical model of criminal hotspot development and a population dynamics model of crime and reoffending.

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    Corinna Elsenbroich & Nigel Gilbert

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Elsenbroich, C., Gilbert, N. (2014). Theorising Crime. In: Modelling Norms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7052-2_3

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