depends on numerous completed studies which support his conclusions. His major contribution in this regard is his gathering together of the information from the various, related studies and his deciphering trends and helpful perspectives from those studies.
Skogan's assumptions about society and people are rooted in a vision of the fluidity of social interaction. He does not propose that criminals simply go out and randomly commit crime and that non-criminal citizens are simply passive victims, with the police thrown into the equation as rescuers of victims and punishers of criminals. His basic premise is that all three sides of the equation--criminals or would-be criminals, citizens or potential victims, and the police--can all be effectively influenced to produce a less crime-plagued environment while maintaining the freedoms cherished by our society.
Theoretically, Skogan does not present a dogmatic work which attempts to se
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