Introduction - Crime places in crime theory (John E. Eck and David Weisburd). Theory - Hot spots of crime and criminal careers of places (Lawrence W. Sherman). Those who discourage crime (Marcus Felson). A general model of the geography of illicit retail marketplaces (John E. Eck). Defining and optimizing displacement (Geoffrey C. Barnes). Research - Criminal careers of public places (William Spelman). Space, place and crime: hot spot areas and hot places of liquor-related crime (Richard L. Block and Carolyn R Block). Fear of crime in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem: physical and social correlates (Nadera S. Kevorkian). Application - Policing places with drug problems: the multi-agency response team approach (Lorraine Green). Place, space, and police investigations: hunting serial violent criminals (D. Kim Rossmo). Method - Defining the "hot spots of crime"; operationalizing theoretical concepts for field research (Michael E. Buerger, Ellen G. Cohn and Anthony J. Petrosino). Applications of computerized mapping to police operations (J. Thomas McEwen and Faye S. Taxman). Self-reports about place: the application of survey and interview methods to the study of small areas (Dennis P. Rosenbaum and Paul J. Lavrakas). Criminality in space and time: life course analysis and the micro-ecology of crime (Michael D. Maltz). Measuring immediate spatial displacement: methodological issues and problems (David Weisburd and Lorraine Green).