Studying Situational Interaction

Dr. Beth Hardie is a Research Associate at the Institute of Criminology, a member of the Centre for Analytic Criminology, and Research Manager of the Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+) at the University of Cambridge. Her work is grounded in an analytical approach (guided by Situational Action Theory; SAT) that integrates individually and environmentally focused explanations of human behaviour, including crime. She has a particular and critical interest in the data collection and analytical methodology required for the analysis of situational interaction (the interaction between people and settings) in action.

• Chapter 1: Why and how criminology must integrate individuals and environments.- Chapter 2: Integrating individuals and environments: A Situational approach to studying action.- Chapter 3: Evidencing situational interaction without situation-level exposure data.- Chapter 4: Collecting and analysing situation-level exposure data: Clarifying appropriate analysis of person-environment convergence to explain action.