The Serendipitous Nature of Advances in Science: Rutgers and the Criminology of Place

• In Event: Rutgers at 50: The Evolution and Impact of Police and Community Research

Abstract

This presentation will discuss the role of the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice in the development of the field of Criminology of Place. More specifically, it will focus on the Minneapolis Hot Spots Experiment and how a group of serendipitous events led to its initiation and implementation.

Author

• David Weisburd, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem