Sexual Violence Against Women Through the Lens of Environmental Criminology: Toward the Accumulation of Evidence-based Knowledge and Crime Prevention |
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| Authors: | Benoit Leclerc Yi-Ning Chiu Jesse Cale Alana Cook |
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| Affiliation: | 1.School of Criminology and Criminal Justice,Mt Gravatt Campus, Griffith University,Mt Gravatt,Australia;2.School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,Morwen Brown Building, University of New South Wales,Sydney,Australia |
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| Abstract: | Sexual violence against women is a serious problem worldwide. In this study, we organize and critically review previous empirical studies on sexual offenses against women through the lens of environmental criminology. For this purpose, we use the questions asked by environmental criminologists/crime analysts in the study of crime events; that is the: who, what, where, when, and how this phenomenon typically occurs. Based on the current state of the criminological research literature, we then provide a discussion on the prevention of sexual offenses against women drawing on a situational crime prevention framework. By engaging in this exercise, we argue that environmental criminology can substantially contribute to understanding and informing prevention practices in the field of sexual offenses against women. |
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