Chapter 1. Introduction - the problem of places and forms of social control -- Chapter 2. 10 reasons some places are bad but most are not -- Chapter 3. The missing form of social control -- place management -- Chapter 4. Where do place managers get their authority? -- Chapter 5. Why some place managers fail -- Chapter 6. The extended place manager I - Networks of places -- Chapter 7. The extended place manager II - Into the neighborhood -- Chapter 8. The extended place manager III - Into cyberspace -- Chapter 9. Regulating places and managers -- Chapter 10. Forms of social control: formal, informal, management.

This brief describes the theory and evidence of a form of social control known as place management. Created by property owners, place management is an alternative to the two other domains of social control: formally created by the state and informally created by residents. It helps explain the high concentration of crime and disorder at a relatively small proportion of addresses and facilities. This volume examines the specifics of place management and extends it in three ways: to show how high crime places may radiate crime into their surroundings; to reveal networks of places that create crime hotspot spanning blocks; to demonstrate how networks of place managers influence crime throughout neighborhoods. Finally, it shows that the policy implications of place management extend far beyond the police and should include regulatory policies.