RT Article
T1 Let’s Get Ready to Rumble: Assault in Space and Time
JF Criminal justice review
VO 46
IS 2
SP 212
OP 235
A1 Kurland, Justin
A2 Hill, Joshua W. 1773-1844
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1755890052
AB Building on the growing literature of the spatial examination of criminality, this study examines the stability of crime related to mass gathering events over time. Specifically, we examine the impacts of baseball games on assault patterns in the Bronx and Queens, New York, using a nonparametric permutation approach to examine the spatial distribution of point patterns at the neighborhood level over multiple seasons. Findings demonstrate that Mets and Yankees game days have significant impact on the number of assaults when compared to a sample of similar non–game days providing further support for environmental criminological theories. Implications for practitioner use of the tool as well as its use as a method for researchers who seek to compare crime event patterns across several temporal bandwidths are discussed.
K1 Research Methods
K1 Sports
K1 Spatial Analysis
K1 Assault
K1 Violence
DO 10.1177/0734016821997541