RT Article
T1 Estimating Crime in Place: Moving Beyond Residence Location
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 68
IS 11
SP 2061
OP 2091
A1 Cernat, Alexandru
A2 Buil-Gil, David
A2 Brunton-Smith, Ian
A2 Pina-Sánchez, Jose
A2 Murrià-Sangenís, Marta
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839616563
AB 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.
K1 Barcelona
K1 Crime Mapping
K1 crime surveys
K1 measurement error
K1 police data
K1 Reporting
DO 10.1177/00111287211064779