Safety and Security in Transit Environments

An Interdisciplinary Approach
Herausgegeben:Ceccato, Vania; Newton, Andrew

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Produktbeschreibung

Chapter "Crowd Spatial Patterns at Bus Stops: Security Implications and Effects of Warning Messages" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Produktdetails

• Crime Prevention and Security Management
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-45764-6
• 2015 edition
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 633g
• ISBN-13: 9781137457646
• ISBN-10: 1137457643
• Artikelnr.: 42403426

Autorenporträt

Ward Adams, Texas State University, USA. Hervé Borrion, University College London, UK. Oded Cats, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. Vania Ceccato, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Marcus Felson, Texas State University, USA. Taku Fujiyama, University College London, UK. Kendra Gentry, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA. Andy Gill, Transport for London, UK. Kazunori Hanyu, Nihon University, Japan. Timothy Hart, Griffith University, Australia. Tokomo Doi Hata, Bunkyo Gakuin University, Japan. Christopher Herrmann, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA. Antonio Iudici, University of Padova, Italy. Karina Landman, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Nancy LaVigne, Urban Institute, USA. Lena Levin, VTI (The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute), Sweden. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, USA. Terance D. Miethe, University of Nevada, USA. Andrew Newton, University of Huddersfield, UK. Henry Partridge, University College London, UK. Christopher Sedelmeier, University of New Haven, USA. Seiji Shibata, Sagami Women's University, Japan. Trudi Smit, Independent Scholar, South Africa. Martha Smith, Wichita State University, USA. Jana Sochor, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Reka Solymosi, University College London, UK. Adriaan Uittenbogaard, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Christoffel Venter, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Sung-suk Violet, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA. Qian Wang, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Douglas Wiebe, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Yoshiko Yamaoka, Aichi Aoitori Medical Welfare Center, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Crime in Motion; Marcus Felson
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO SAFETY AND SECURITY IN TRANSIT ENVIRONMENTS
1. Aim, Scope, Conceptual Framework and Definitions; Vania Ceccato and
Andrew Newton
2. Theoretical Perspectives of Safety and Security in Transit Environments;
Andrew Newton and Vania Ceccato
PART II: TRANSPORT NODES AND THE MICRO ENVIRONMENT
3. Apple Picking: The Rise of Electronic Device Thefts in Boston Subways;
Kendra Gentry
4. An Assessment of Guardianship Opportunities as Provided by the
Environments of Transit Stations; Adriaan Cornelis Uittenbogaard
5. The Geography of Pickpocketing at Bus Stops: An Analysis of Grid Cells;
Vania Ceccato, Oded Cats and Qian Wang
6. In and Around: Identifying Predictors of Theft Within and Near to Major
Mass Underground Transit Systems; Andrew Newton, Henry Partridge and Andy
Gill
PART III: ON THE MOVE: THE TRANSIT JOURNEY
7. 'Wolves to the Door' or 'Lambs to the Slaughter'? Crime Opportunity
Searches on a New Public Transport System; Christopher M. Sedelmaier
8. Adolescents' Fears of Violence in Transit Environments During Daily
Activities; Douglas Wiebe, Therese Richmond, Jed Poster, Wensheng Guo, Paul
Allison and Charles Branas
9. Crowd Spatial Patterns at Bus Stops: Security Implications and Effects
of Warning Messages; Réka Solymosi, Hervé Borrion, and Taku Fujiyama
PART IV: TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND THE WIDER URBAN ENVIRONMENT: MESO AND MACRO
SETTINGS
10. Crime, Transportation and Malignant Mixes; Ward Adams, Christopher R.
Herrmann, Marcus Felson
11. Public Bus Stops and the Meso Environment: Understanding the
Situational Context of Street Robberies; Timothy Hart and Terance Miethe
12. Areas Where Vulnerable Public Transit Commuters Reside: A Method for
Targeting Crime-Prevention and other Resources to Address Local Area
Problems; Sung-suk Violet Yu and Martha Smith
13. The Impact of Crime and Neighbourhood Enclosures on Travel Behaviour
and Transport Patterns in South Africa; Trudi Smit, Karina Landman and
Christoffel Venter
14. Crime in and around Metro Transit Stations: Exploring the Utility of
Opportunity Theories of Crime; Nancy La Vigne
15. Perception of Disorder and Crime, and Responses to Them in Japanese
Mega Railway Stations; Seiji Shibata, Kazunori Hanyu, Tomoko Doi Hata,
Yoshiko Yamaoka
PART V: A USER PERSPECTIVE OF TRANSIT SETTINGS
16. Intimidated Riders: US Women's Perspectives About Safety in Transit
Settings; Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
17. Gender Equality and Safety, a Challenge for Transport Planning: Moving
Away from Stereotypes and Stereotypical Attitudes and Habits; Lena Levin
18. Sexual Harassment against People with Mental Disabilities in Transit
Environments: Implications on Services and Clinics; Antonio Iudici
19. Enhancing Mobility and Perceived Safety via ICT: The Case of a
Navigation System for Visually Impaired Users; Jana Sochor
20. Practical Challenges and New Research Frontiers in Transit Safety and
Security; Vania Ceccato and Andrew Newton