Estimating Crime in Place: Moving Beyond Residence Location

We assess if asking victims about the places where crimes happen leads to estimates of ?crime in place? with better measurement properties. We analyze data from the Barcelona Victimization Survey (2015?2020) aggregated in 73 neighborhoods using longitudinal quasi-simplex models and criterion validit...

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Autor principal: Cernat, Alexandru (Autor)
Otros Autores: Buil-Gil, David ; Brunton-Smith, Ian ; Pina-Sánchez, Jose ; Murrià-Sangenís, Marta
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
En: Crime & delinquency
Año: 2022, Volumen: 68, Número: 11, Páginas: 2061-2091
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Barcelona
Crime Mapping
crime surveys
measurement error
police data
Reporting
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Sumario:We assess if asking victims about the places where crimes happen leads to estimates of ?crime in place? with better measurement properties. We analyze data from the Barcelona Victimization Survey (2015?2020) aggregated in 73 neighborhoods using longitudinal quasi-simplex models and criterion validity to estimate the quality of four types of survey-based measures of crime. The distribution of survey-based offense location estimates, as opposed to victim residence estimates, is highly similar to police-recorded crime statistics, and there is little trade off in terms of the reliability and validity of offense location and victim residence measures. Estimates of crimes reported to the police show a better validity, but their reliability is lower and capture fewer crimes.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/00111287211064779