Contributions from behavioral geography to environmental criminology
Contributions from behavioral geography to environmental criminology

Summary/Abstract: Despite the great interest in the study of crime and its relation to the environment where it occurs, few works have focused on the protagonists of this phenomenon, that is, the perpetrators. The importance of the criminal behaviour study at the individual level arises from the fact that crimes, even if commonly treated as event packages, are phenomena caused by individuals. In this respect, one salient contribution to the understanding of crime has risen from geography, by placing emphasis on the spatial behaviour of perpetrators. The objective of this study is to discuss the main behavioural geography theories and concepts applied to the study of crime, in order to establish a dialogue with other fields of knowledge, especially the social and criminological sciences. This is an exploratory study, which brings a review of the theories and concepts that may contribute to new approaches to the study of crime, namely mental maps, awareness space, journey to crime and geographic profile.

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