RT Article
T1 How Far to Travel? A Multilevel Analysis of the Residence-to-Crime Distance
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 31
IS 2
SP 237
OP 262
A1 Ackerman, Jeffrey M.
A2 Rossmo, D. Kim
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764275934
AB Objectives This study investigates whether individual- and area-level factors explain variation in the residence-to-crime distances (RC distance) for 10 offense types. Methods Five years of police data from Dallas, Texas, are analyzed using multilevel models (hierarchical-linear/multi-level modeling). Results Residence-to-crime distances for Dallas offenders varied notably across offense types. Although several area characteristics such as residential instability and concentrated immigration were associated with the overall variance in RC distance, neither these nor the individual-level characteristics used in our models explained the offense-type variance in the RC distance. Conclusions Although individual- and neighborhood-level factors did not explain substantial variation in RC distance across the various offenses, neighborhood-level factors explained a significant portion of neighborhood-level variance. Other finding included a curvilinear effect of age on RC distance. The salience of these findings and their implications for future research and offender travel theory are discussed.
K1 Journey to crime
K1 Crime Pattern Theory
K1 Routine Activity Theory
DO 10.1007/s10940-014-9232-7