Crime Feeds on Legal Activities: daily Mobility Flows Help to Explain Thieves' Target Location Choices

According to routine activity theory and crime pattern theory, crime feeds on the legal routine activities of offenders and unguarded victims. Based on this assumption, the present study investigates whether daily mobility flows of the urban population help predict where individual thieves commit cr...

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Main Author: Song, Guangwen (Author)
Contributors: Bernasco, Wim ; Liao, Weiwei ; Liu, Lin ; Xiao, Luzi ; Zhou, Suhong
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
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Keywords:
China
Crime location choice
Mobility
Routine Activities
Routine activities
Theft from the person
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Summary:According to routine activity theory and crime pattern theory, crime feeds on the legal routine activities of offenders and unguarded victims. Based on this assumption, the present study investigates whether daily mobility flows of the urban population help predict where individual thieves commit crimes.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-019-09406-z