From: Never@your.door (Capt. Meat)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs.hard
Subject: Criminology of Place (or: Where Can I Score In Anytown, USA?)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 22:34:07 GMT

FYI: 'environmental criminology' is the emphasis
on geographic location and architectural characteristics
that are associated with crime (or more specifically,
drug-dealing)...Whether it's streets, homes, buildings, etc.,
there are certain areas that 'nurture' criminal activities...
(see: study that showed 3-percent of places in Minneapolis
produced 50-percent of all emergency calls...) 'Deviant
neighborhoods' share many characteristics (far beyond
the 'ecological school' would have you believe with its
concentric circles):

1) impoverished homes will be crowded
2) crowded homes lead to more activity outside the confines
of the homes
3) crowded homes lead to less supervision of youth (and activities)
4) less supervision of youth leads to less emphasis/contact
with school or educational institutions, which can expedite
the rush toward deviant behavior
5) transitional neighborhoods (eg: business and residential mix)
bring the money of the consumer to the deviance of 
the fringe-citizen, who witnesses (and interacts)
with both 'communities'...eg: crackdealer, selling to 
the cliched stockbroker in pinstripes, after buying a 40-oz
from the caged-up liquor store...

and it's no surprise that apartments, for instance,
near the entrances of complexes, are more likely used
for criminal activities, esp. if they're not 'facing' other
apartments, etc...it's also no surprise that tunnels,
unattended parking lots, uni-cashier convenience store lots,
or areas that provide quick 'transition' or 'escape', 
etc., have a higher rate of criminal activities (see: drug dealing)
than others...and on and on and on...

and it's no surprise that people run when chased...
and it's no surprise that the Exposers are often
the Exposed...and it's no surprise that he or she who
first yells 'Cop!' ends up more sociopathic than the accused.

and to deny that *specific areas* in *specific cities*
won't *almost always* cater to *specific activities*
is asinine if not wholly moronic...


capt. crime
101, inc.

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