The promise and challenge of activity-based crime rates: a comparison of the USA, Canada, and Australia

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Alternatives to population-based crime rates were first introduced in 1965. Activity-based crime rates derive numerator data from activity-specific crime events, then match these to time spent in the same activities. Activity-based rates can produce a vastly different picture of risk, not captured b...

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Authors: Vaughan, Adam D. (Author) ; Har, Timothy C. (Author) ; Hewitt, Ashley N. (Author) ; Felson, Marcus 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 397-395
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
exposure to risk
Alternative crime rates
Routine Activities
Environmental Criminology