The place of crime geography in the science of geography

Abstract

The author of this article is trying to find the right place of the crime geography within the science. He makes conclusions and deductions on the base of different researches made on crime and geographical situation. The article is presenting the territorial differences of the crime using the caracters of crime. The crime geography can be regarded as a branch of geography of sociology which deals with the time and place aspects of the crime as an social public phenomenon. Between criminology and social geography there is a mutual connection. The crime register is a fundamental part of crime geography. Thy system of crime datas can be completed by datas deriving from data collection which helps the crime prevention and scouting.