Sunday, 12 March 2017

The Market Reduction Approach to Stolen Goods: The Actual Facts are Important

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TO AVOID THE CREATION OF NEW FALLACIES AND MYTHS, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR SCHOLARS TO BE CAREFUL, BE PRECISE AND TO GET THE FACTS RIGHT AND TO BE EVEN-HANDED WHEN DISSEMINATING COMMENTS AND REVIEWS ABOUT THE  ORIGINAL ACADEMIC WORK AND ORIGINAL CONCEPTIONS OF OTHERS AND ANY EVALUATIONS OF IT.

My Oxford University Press Bibliography on Fencing and Stolen Goods is in-press and will be published very shortly in 2017. 

Meanwhile, here is a list of just a small sample of my theoretical and evidence-led work that has been published on the Market Reduction Approach the theft.

1.  British Journal of Criminology: SUPPLY BY THEFT: Does the Market for Second-hand Goods Play a Role in Keeping Crime Figures High? Click Here

2. Home Office Research Study: Handling Stolen Goods and Theft: A Market Reduction Approach: Click Here - based on questions I designed and analysed for the nationally representative  British Crime Survey and in-depth semi-structured qualitative interviews with known prolific thieves, consumers and various types of fence.

3. Home Office Policing and Reducing Crime Unit Report: Tackling Theft With the Market Reduction Approach: Click Here - Based in large part on knowledge gained from then on-going evaluation of implementation of MRA Operation Radium in Kent

4. Problem oriented Policing US Department of Justice COPS Office Guide to Talking Stolen Goods Markets: Click Here - Overview of publications and reports on many initiatives to tackle theft by tackling stolen goods market in UK and USA.

5, HANDLING STOLEN GOODS: FINDINGS FROM THE 2003 OFFENDING CRIME
AND JUSTICE SURVEY Mike Sutton, Sarah Hodgkinson and Mike Levi  Click Here

6.  How Prolific Thieves Sell Stolen Goods Click Here



Read my IJC blog post on exactly why veracity is important for sound scholarship and how to deal with those who can't seem to understand why. HERE

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