“Location, Location, Location”: Effects of Neighborhood and House Attributes on Burglars’ Target Selection

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To empirically test whether offenders consider environmental features at multiple spatial scales when selecting a target and examine the simultaneous effect of neighborhood-level and residence-level attributes on residential burglars’ choice of residence to burglarize.

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Authors: Vandeviver, Christophe (Author) ; Bernasco, Wim 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 779-821
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Keywords:
Conditional logit
Rational Choice
Burglary
Target choice
Location choice
Discrete spatial choice
Rational choice
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Summary:To empirically test whether offenders consider environmental features at multiple spatial scales when selecting a target and examine the simultaneous effect of neighborhood-level and residence-level attributes on residential burglars’ choice of residence to burglarize.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-019-09431-y