RT Article
T1 Testing Routine Activity Theory in Mexico
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 61
IS 3
SP 754
OP 772
A1 Vilalta, Carlos J.
A2 Fondevila, Gustavo
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760580309
AB Using a comprehensive victimization survey data set, we develop the first test of routine activity (RA) theory in a Latin American country. Estimating a complementary log-log multilevel model of the theory in several stages, we investigate what factors in the theory predict residential burglary risk. We find that measures associated with the exposure to potential offenders, target attractiveness, target accessibility, personal guardianship, social guardianship, and natural guardianship predict residential burglary in our sample of Mexican cities. As such, residential burglary is a complex crime with multiple factors at play, for which RA theory is a suitable theory given the conciseness of its propositions and operational definitions. We foresee RA theory successfully influencing future studies of crime in the Latin American region.
K1 Routine Activity Theory
K1 Residential Burglary
K1 Latin America
DO 10.1093/bjc/azaa089