Carjacking and the management of natural surveillance

Bruce A. Jacobs and Michael Cherbonneau

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2019, vol. 61, issue C, 40-47

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.01.002

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