Abstract. In this paper l describe and question some ofthe basic premises. beliefs. and values implicit in the geography of crime. The critique focuses on the analytic separation of crime and the control of crime. a separation that has informed most geographic research on crime. Using an instntmentalist methodology, geographers have studied crime. law. and the judicial system without any systematic consideration of the impact of the control system on crime patterns. A discussion of interactionist and critical perspectives in criminology raises questions about the corrcctionalist impulse of much oflhc geography of crime. the prima facie interpretation of official crime statistics guiding it. the hypostati- zation of criminal behavior informing it. and the general consequences ofa perspective that abstracts crime from its sociolegal context. The paper outlines several strategies for developing an integrated analysis of crime and control. Key Words: geography of crime. instrumentalism. intcractionist criminology. critical criminology. geography of control