When Do Offenders Commit Crime? An Analysis of Temporal Consistency in Individual Offending Patterns

Objectives Building on Hägerstrand’s time geography, we expect temporal consistency in individual offending behavior. We hypothesize that repeat offenders commit offenses at similar times of day and week. In addition, we expect stronger temporal consistency for crimes of the same type and for crimes...

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Main Author: Sleeuwen, Sabine E. M. (Author)
Contributors: Steenbeek, Wouter ; Ruiter, Stijn
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 863-889
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Keywords:
Monte Carlo permutation
Hour of week
Hour of day
Temporal consistency
Repeat Offenders