RT Article
T1 Neighbourhood-level analysis of the socio-spatial context of business crime in Northern Ireland
JF Crime prevention and community safety
VO 23
IS 1
SP 87
OP 110
A1 Ojo, Adegbola 19XX-
A2 Parry, Jon
A2 Enback, Sabina
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1765274354
AB The repercussions of crime on businesses can be very significant. It can deter investment and frustrate business growth. Crimes result in higher costs of doing business because of the need to deploy multiple security measures. Business crime also leads to loss of output, for instance due to reduced hours of operation and depletion of morale of staff. Using a spatial segmentation analytical framework, this research study models the neighbourhood patterns of crimes perpetrated against small business in Northern Ireland. The study also accounts for the levels of non-reporting of crime victimisation among business owners together with the factors influencing the non-reporting of crime. Results show that indeed businesses within certain neighbourhood types are disproportionately exposed to crime. We also find evidence that multiple business owners have adopted crime prevention measures without considering what works in preventing business crime in the specific types of neighbourhoods within which their enterprises are located.
K1 Northern Ireland
K1 Crime Science
K1 Neighbourhoods
K1 spatial analysis
K1 Geodemographics
K1 GIS
K1 Business crime
DO 10.1057/s41300-020-00107-5