RT Article
T1 Spatial Patterns of Robbery at Tourism Sites: A Case Study of the Vieux Carré in New Orleans
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 38
IS 4
SP 589
OP 601
A1 Harper, Dee Wood
A2 Khey, David N.
A2 Nolan, Gwen Moity
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200330
AB This paper looks at the connection between spatial patterns of robbery within the framework of routine activities theory. This theoretical perspective sees robbery (and other crimes) as occurring when three factors converge: suitable targets, motivated offenders and guardianship. The Eighth and part of the First Police Districts of New Orleans become target rich environments during periods of time when large numbers of tourists and conventioneers are in the city. The city certainly has the neighborhoods of highly concentrated poverty and disorganization that tend to be criminogenic and produce motivated offenders. The spatial distribution of robbery is hypothesized to be a function of the presence or absence of guardianship. In order to test this hypothesis two types of data are examined: robberies (simple, armed, both successful and attempted) that occurred during the convention and tourism season and patterns of deployment and patrol in these areas. Preliminary results indicate that simple tourist/conventioneer robbery victimizations tend to be concentrated within tourist attraction areas while aggravated tourist/conventioneer robbery is concentrated in places that are primarily residential and where there are no attractions and no concentrated police presence. This is also an area of ingress and egress for people from perimeter neighborhoods of highly concentrated poverty and disorganization.
K1 Tourists
K1 Routine Activity Theory
K1 Robbery
K1 New Orleans
K1 Crime displacement
DO 10.1007/s12103-012-9193-z