TY - CHAP
T1 - Studying situational effects of setting characteristics: Research examples from the study of peers, activities, and neighborhoods
AU - Weerman, Frank M.
AU - Hoeben, Evelien M.
AU - Bernasco, Wim
AU - Pauwels, Lieven J.R.
AU - Bruinsma, Gerben J.N.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This chapter addresses methods to study situational influences of setting characteristics on adolescent offending. In particular, it describes data collection methods (space-time budget interviews, census data, community surveys, and systematic social observations) that enable precise measurement of what respondents do, with whom they undertake these activities, and in what kind of places (both the geographical area and the function of the location) they find themselves. Such data capture presence in and exposure to different kinds of settings during particular periods in time. This chapter illustrates the usefulness of these method for criminological research by summarizing the results of three sub-studies from the Study of Peers, Activities, and Neighborhoods (SPAN) conducted in the Netherlands. It first discusses the design of the SPAN data collection and the instruments that were used in it. It then reviews each study in turn by summarizing its theoretical motivation, data structure, and analytical strategy, and by describing the main findings it has generated.
AB - This chapter addresses methods to study situational influences of setting characteristics on adolescent offending. In particular, it describes data collection methods (space-time budget interviews, census data, community surveys, and systematic social observations) that enable precise measurement of what respondents do, with whom they undertake these activities, and in what kind of places (both the geographical area and the function of the location) they find themselves. Such data capture presence in and exposure to different kinds of settings during particular periods in time. This chapter illustrates the usefulness of these method for criminological research by summarizing the results of three sub-studies from the Study of Peers, Activities, and Neighborhoods (SPAN) conducted in the Netherlands. It first discusses the design of the SPAN data collection and the instruments that were used in it. It then reviews each study in turn by summarizing its theoretical motivation, data structure, and analytical strategy, and by describing the main findings it has generated.
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190279707.013.20
DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190279707.013.20
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85050690182
SN - 9780190279707
T3 - The Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justice
SP - 600
EP - 628
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Criminology
A2 - Bruinsma , Gerben J.N.
A2 - Johnson, Shane D.
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -