Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities (eBook, ePUB)

International Evidence and Prevention
Redaktion: Ceccato, Vania; Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities examines the evidence of victimization in transit environments in countries around the world, exploring individuals' feelings of perceived safety or lack thereof and the necessary improvements that can make transit safer and, hence, cities more sustainable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000069594
• Artikelnr.: 59482678

Autorenporträt

Vania Ceccato is Professor at the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. She is the author of several books, including Moving Safely: Crime and Perceived Safety in Stockholm's Subway Stations, and co-editor of Safety and Security in Transit Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA. She is the author or editor of eight books, the most recent of which are: Informal American City, Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends?, New Companion to Urban Design, and Urban Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I - Transit Crime and Sexual Violence: An Introduction
Chapter 1. Sexual Violence in Transit Environments: Aim, Scope, and Context
Chapter 2. Sexual Harassment on Transit: Evidence from the Literature
Chapter 3: Why Sexual Crimes and Fear of crime Happen in Transit
Environments: A Review of Theories
Chapter 4. Studying Sexual Harassment in Transit Environments: Research
Design and Basic Concepts
PART II: Case Study Cities
Chapters 5-7. Asia: Tokyo, Guangzhou, Manila
Chapter 8. Oceania: Melbourne
Chapter 9. Africa: Lagos
Chapters 10-12. South America: Bogota, São Paulo, Rio Claro
Chapters 13-16. North America: Los Angeles, San Jose, Vancouver, Mexico
City
Chapters 16-22. Europe: Stockholm, Huddinge, Lisbon, London, Paris, Milan
PART III - Understanding Transit Crime and Sexual Violence: Crosscutting
Themes
Chapter 23: Intersectionality of Transit Safety
Chapter 24: Incidence and Reporting: Making the Invisible Matter
Chapter 25: The Importance of the Transit Environment: Does It Affect the
Risk of Sexual Victimization?
Chapter 26: Precautions and Responses
PART IV - Conclusions
Chapter 27: Sexual Crime on Transit: A Global, Comparative Look
Chapter 28: Responding to Sexual Harassment on Transit: Towards an Agenda
for Research and Practice