RT Article
T1 Crime seasonality: examining the temporal fluctuations of property crime in cities with varying climates
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 61
IS 16
SP 1866
OP 1891
A1 Linning, Shannon J.
A2 Andresen, Martin A.
A2 Brantingham, Paul J.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580570593
AB This study investigates whether crime patterns fluctuate periodically throughout the year using data containing different property crime types in two Canadian cities with differing climates. Using police report data, a series of ordinary least squares (OLS; Vancouver, British Columbia) and negative binomial (Ottawa, Ontario) regressions were employed to examine the corresponding temporal patterns of property crime in Vancouver (2003-2013) and Ottawa (2006-2008). Moreover, both aggregate and disaggregate models were run to examine whether different weather and temporal variables had a distinctive impact on particular offences. Overall, results suggest that cities that experience greater variations in weather throughout the year have more distinct increases of property offences in the summer months and that different climate variables affect certain crime types, thus advocating for disaggregate analysis in the future.
K1 Klima
K1 Wetterverhältnisse
K1 Wetterbedingter Verbrechensanstieg
K1 Jahreszeit
K1 Eigentumsdelikte
K1 Crime seasonality
K1 Climate
K1 Weather
K1 Property crime
K1 Routine activities theory
K1 Routine Activity Theorie
DO 10.1177/0306624X16632259