RT Article
T1 State of the Art in Agent-Based Modeling of Urban Crime: An Overview
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 35
IS 1
SP 155
OP 193
A1 Groff, Elizabeth
A2 Johnson, Shane D. 1971-
A2 Thornton, Amy
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1691504394
AB Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a type of computer simulation that creates a virtual society and allows controlled experimentation. ABM has the potential to be a powerful tool for exploring criminological theory and testing the plausibility of crime prevention interventions when data are unavailable, when they would be unethical to collect, or when policy-makers need an answer quickly. This paper takes stock of the current literature to discuss the potential contributions of ABM, assess current practice, identify shortcomings that threaten the validity of findings using ABM, and to make suggestions regarding the construction and communication of future work using ABM.
K1 Model documentation
K1 Urban Crime
K1 Strengthening criminological theory
K1 Agent-based modeling
K1 Urban crime
DO 10.1007/s10940-018-9376-y