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Ronald V. Clarke

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A British criminologist who developed situational crime prevention, the approach of reducing crime by reducing opportunities rather than reforming offenders. He served as dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University and shared the 2015 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for this work. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1941 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
2025 1
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
British 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Developed situational crime prevention, reducing crime by increasing the effort and risk and reducing the reward of specific criminal opportunities. 1
Ronald V. Clarke
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Source Wikipedia: Situational Crime Prevention
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Wikidata: Ronald V. Clarke
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Wikipedia: Situational Crime Prevention
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