How do burglars choose their targets? Why do corner plots get hit more often and why is graffiti seen on some walls and not on others? This course will attempt to answer some of these and similar questions by analyzing criminal behavior and victimization from the theoretical perspective of Environmental Criminology and understand how situational techniques can be applied for their prevention. By drawing from a variety of sources (e.g. architecture, ecology, sociology, geography, anthropology, psychology, urban planning and criminology) the course will explore the macro and micro level environments that affect crime and victimization. In particular, this course will examine criminal events in the context of people's movements through normal settings in their everyday life. By analyzing land use patterns, residential layouts, street networks, transportation systems and routine activities of the place, the course will seek ways in which situational methods may then be applied for preventing criminal behavior in these physical and social settings.