K. Johnston’s scientific contributions

... By disrupting the criminal network through which stolen objects circulate, it is posited that property crime can be reduced. Disrupting a criminal network is commonly achieved by enforcing stricter laws, interagency policing interventions, disrupting 'fences' and public awareness campaigns (see Sutton et al. 1998). These basic tactics of the MRA are explained in a detailed blueprint document compiled by Sutton et al. for the British Home Office (Ibid.), ...

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‘They won’t steal my tilili phone’: expanding the market reduction approach to reduce property crime in South Africa