RT Article
T1 Crime Measures and the Spatial Analysis of Criminal Activity
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 46
IS 2
SP 258
OP 285
A1 Andresen, Martin A.
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639317767
AB This paper investigates the spatial aspect of criminal activity in Vancouver, Canada, employing social disorganization theory, routine activity theory and multiple measures of crime. Crime counts and crime rates with residential and ambient populations as denominators are calculated using the calls for service made to the Vancouver Police Department. The ambient population - a 24-hour average estimate of a population in a spatial unit to capture the population at risk - is obtained from the LandScan Global Population Database and calculated at a spatial resolution relevant to criminological research. Utilizing a spatial regression technique, strong support is found for routine activity theory across space and the use of ambient populations when calculating crime rates and measuring the population at risk
K1 Kriminalitätserfassung
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Messung
K1 Räumliche Verteilung
K1 Soziale Desorganisationstheorie
K1 Routine-Activity-Theorie
K1 Methodenfragen
K1 Viktimisierungsrisiko