RT Article
T1 The impact of city block type on residential burglary: Mexico City as case study
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 75
IS 1
SP 73
OP 88
A1 Vilalta, Carlos J.
A2 Sanchez, Thomas
A2 Fondevila, Gustavo
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1826592318
AB Using block level data for Mexico City as case study, this article provides evidence that the type of city block type correlates with the likelihood of residential burglary. We employed five multilevel random intercept models to relate burglary incidents to city block types. We nested the 64,282 city blocks of Mexico City within their corresponding 846 local police quadrants. Our results show that Container-type city block configurations are associated with residential burglary to a greater degree than other physical and social environmental variables. Also, we find that close proximity to mass transit locations is not associated with residential burglary activity. The overall findings of this study describe fundamental dynamics between urban form and burglary.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 86-88
K1 Kriminalgeographie
K1 Einbruchdiebstahl
K1 Wohnungseinbruch
K1 Mexiko
DO 10.1007/s10611-020-09920-3