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Carjacking and the management of natural surveillance

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  • Jacobs, Bruce A.
  • Cherbonneau, Michael

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Natural surveillance has long been a central feature of criminological discourse and is thought to be a potent source of deterrence. The current paper explores how a sample of active carjackers manages the prospect of “being seen,” focusing on three specific decision-making protocols: Isolation, speed, and the exploitation of audience indifference. Conceptual attention focuses on the application of the perceptual heuristic “awareness contexts” (Glaser & Strauss, 1964) to reconcile two seemingly disconnected strands of criminological inquiry—one that positions offenders as recklessly impulsive, the other that postures them as calculative and deterrable.

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  • Jacobs, Bruce A. & Cherbonneau, Michael, 2019. "Carjacking and the management of natural surveillance," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 40-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:61:y:2019:i:c:p:40-47
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.01.002
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