SpringerBriefs in Crime and Place presents concise summaries of cutting-edge research across the field of Crime and Place. It publishes small but impactful vol umes of between 50-125 pages, with a clearly defined focus. The series covers a broad range of Crime and Place research, including: experimental design and advanced research methods, crime prevention, the role of communities and places, policy-related applications, and methodological issues in crime and place research at various units of analysis. The scope of the series spans the whole field of Crime and Place, including the communities they are within, on the leading edge and advancing research. It is inter national and cross-disciplinary, including a broad array of topics, including the importance of the micro-place in research, policing, crime prevention, quantitative methods, experimental methods, research design and analysis, and crime prevention when considering a spatial perspective. SpringerBriefs in Crime and Place will be of interest to a broad range of research ers and practitioners working in Crime and Place research and in related academic fields such as Sociology, Geography, Public Health, and Economics.