Testing the Stability of Crime Patterns: Implications for Theory and Policy  

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Andresen, Martin A. ; Malleson, Nicolas

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (http://jrc.sagepub.com/) vol. 48 no. 1 (Feb. 2011), page 58-82.
Topik: Crime at places; point pattern analysis; spatial criminology

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: JJ95.12 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Recent research in the "crime at places" literature is concerned with smaller units of analysis than conventional spatial criminology. An important issue is whether the spatial patterns observed in conventional spatial criminology focused on neighborhoods remain when the analysis shifts to street segments. In this article, the authors use a new spatial point pattern test that identifies the similarity in spatial point patterns. This test is local in nature such that the output can be mapped showing where differences are present. Using this test, the authors investigate the stability of crime patterns moving from census tracts to dissemination areas to street segments. The authors find that general crime patterns are somewhat similar at all spatial scales, but fines scales of analysis reveal significant variations within larger units. This result demonstrates the importance of analyzing crime patterns at small scales and has important implications for further theoretical development and policy implementation.

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