Abstract
Despite particular features of Dutch cities and society, the overall outcomes of Dutch geographical and environmental research fit well with the early Chicago school’s geographical perspective on criminology. Residents in rural areas are less confronted with crime because of higher levels of social cohesion and informal social control and lower offender rates in a well‐ordered physical surrounding. Criminals live more frequently in cities in which their crimes are concentrated in city centers and their surroundings. The greater the distance to the city center, the less crime occurs. A recent revival in Dutch environmental and geographical criminological research yields outcomes that correspond well with recent developments in social disorganization theories of neighborhoods.
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