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Wohnquartiere und Kriminalität – Überblick über die Forschung zu den sozialräumlichen Dimensionen urbaner Kriminalität

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Auch wenn der Cyberspace eine zunehmende Bedeutung für bekannte und neuartige Formen der Kriminalität erlangt, bleiben viele herkömmliche Formen strafbaren Verhaltens – z. B. Sachbeschädigung, Diebstahl, Wohnungseinbruch, Raub, Körperverletzung – doch fest in Raum und Zeit verankert. Erhebliche Teile des Phänomens Kriminalität werden daher auch in Zukunft ihre sozialräumliche Dimension behalten, die die Kriminalitätsforschung von Beginn beschäftigt hat.

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