Overlapping hot spots?: examination of the spatial heterogeneity of hot spots of different crime types

In this study, the extent to which hot spots of different crime types overlapped spatially in Philadelphia, PA, were examined. Multiple techniques were used to identify crime hot spots for 11 different crime types. Univariate and bivariate statistics also were used to quantify the extent to which ho...

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Main Author: Haberman, Cory P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2017, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 633-660
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Policing
Hot-spots policing
Hot spots
Crime analysis
Geography of crime
Kriminalprävention
Orte
Kriminalgeographie
Kriminalitätsanalyse
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Summary:In this study, the extent to which hot spots of different crime types overlapped spatially in Philadelphia, PA, were examined. Multiple techniques were used to identify crime hot spots for 11 different crime types. Univariate and bivariate statistics also were used to quantify the extent to which hot spots across the 11 crime types overlapped spatially. Hot spots of different crime types were not found to overlap much.
ISSN:1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12303