Criminal directionality and the structure of urban form |
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Authors: | Richard FrankMartin A. Andresen Patricia L. Brantingham |
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Affiliation: | School of Criminology, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada |
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Abstract: | Spatial criminology has three interrelated elements: place, distance, and direction. Though directionality has had theoretical support for many years, very few empirical verifications of this component of crime have emerged. In this article, we investigate the strength of directionality by comparing a simulated randomized dataset and a large incident-based dataset of repeat offenders. We find strong evidence for a strong presence of directionality in criminal spatial decision-making. This aspect of the spatiality of crime must be considered in any attempts to understand the aetiology of crime. |
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Keywords: | Directionality Geometry Spatial analysis of crime |
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