RT Article
T1 Modeling micro-level crime location choice: application of the discrete choice framework to crime at places
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 26
IS 1
SP 113
OP 138
A1 Bernasco, Wim 1961-
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1396128301
AB Discrete choice recently emerged as a new framework for analyzing criminal location decisions, but has thus far only been used to study the choice amongst large areas like census tracts. Because offenders also make target selection decisions at much lower levels of spatial aggregation, the present study analyzes the location choices of offenders at detailed spatial resolutions: the average unit of analysis is an area of only 18 residential units and 40 residents. This article reviews the discrete choice and spatial choice literature, justifies the use of geographic units this small, and argues that because small spatial units depend strongly on their environment, models are needed that take into account spatial interdependence. To illustrate these points, burglary location choice data from the Netherlands are analyzed with discrete choice models, including the spatial competition model.
K1 Burglary
K1 Sampling-from-alternatives
K1 Spatial competition
K1 Discrete choice
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Raum
K1 Kriminalökologie
DO 10.1007/s10940-009-9086-6