Tourism-related Crime: Towards a Sociology of Crime and Tourism

The purpose of this article is to: (1) categorize tourist-related crime, (2) relate these types of crimes to current criminological theories, and (3) place tourist-related crime into the broader social context. Through this analysis, a conceptual framework was developed to specify the factors determ...

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Main Author: Cohen, Erik (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1997
In:Year: 1997
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to: (1) categorize tourist-related crime, (2) relate these types of crimes to current criminological theories, and (3) place tourist-related crime into the broader social context. Through this analysis, a conceptual framework was developed to specify the factors determining the probabilities and the potential rates of success of certain kinds of offenders against different types of tourists in various situations