RT Article
T1 Physical boundaries and city boundaries: consequences for crime patterns on street segments?
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 64
IS 2
SP 227
OP 254
A1 Kim, Young-An
A1 Hipp, John R.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1577905261
AB Scholars have theorized how spatial boundaries (edges) can be important for understanding the location of crime, yet the empirical relationship between spatial boundaries in the environment and levels of crime is relatively less explored compared with other features of the environment. The current study extends the literature by not only studying three types of physical boundaries—interstate highways, parks, and rivers—but also one nonphysical and relatively less visible boundary—city boundaries. We analyze the relationship between crime in street segments and nearness to these four types of edges in the Southern California area. We measure nearness to these boundaries in two manners: (a) whether or not the segment is adjacent to the feature and (b) how far in physical distance the segment is to the feature.
K1 Crime
K1 Spatial boundaries
K1 Edges
K1 Crime pattern theory
K1 Street segments
DO 10.1177/0011128716687756