Carjacking: A Comparison Between Campinas, Brazil and Detroit, Michigan

Carjacking calls for a specialized analysis because it occurs at lightning speed within very brief windows of opportunity. This article describes the geographic distribution of carjacking in Campinas, Brazil, and then compares this pattern with Detroit, Michigan. We learn that raw numbers of carjack...

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Main Author: Felson, Marcus (Author)
Contributors: Melo, Silas Nogueira de ; Xu, Yanqing ; Jiang, Shanhe
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Journal of contemporary criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-119
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Carjacking
Crime analysis
Crime in Brazil
Routine Activities
Spatial patterns
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Summary:Carjacking calls for a specialized analysis because it occurs at lightning speed within very brief windows of opportunity. This article describes the geographic distribution of carjacking in Campinas, Brazil, and then compares this pattern with Detroit, Michigan. We learn that raw numbers of carjackings are widely dispersed in both cities. Although these cities differ greatly in daily transportation systems, in both cities the carjacking risk estimate is greatest where motorists stop for other reasons—at gas stations or corners (Detroit); on short street blocks (Campinas). We make very limited inferences about carjacking around the world due to the limited number of cities studied thus far. However, we do suggest that carjacking reduction is most amenable to product-based forms of situational crime prevention.
ISSN:1552-5406
DOI:10.1177/10439862211034346