RT Article
T1 Placing Perceptions of Unsafety: Examining Spatial Concentrations and Temporal Patterns of Unsafe Locations at Micro-Places
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 40
IS 1
SP 191
OP 213
A1 Kronkvist, Karl
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1884548709
AB Objectives To explore the extent to which unsafe locations are concentrated to micro-places within the city of Malmö, Sweden, and whether there is a temporal stability in these micro-places over time. Methods Information on unsafe locations is obtained from an open-ended item across three waves of a random sample community survey. Reported unsafe locations are geocoded as polygon, polyline, and point features and merged with a 200 by 200-m grid-cell network using both unadjusted and weighted counts. Results The results suggest that unsafe locations are concentrated to a small share of grid-cells using different metrics. There are also signs of spatial clustering and a temporal stability of unsafe locations over time. Conclusions As unsafe locations are concentrated to a small share of micro-places the results have important implications for both theory and practice. However, further research exploring unsafety and fear of crime at micro-places is highly warranted.
K1 Hot Spot
K1 Micro-place
K1 Fear of crime
K1 Unsafe locations
K1 Law of crime concentration
DO 10.1007/s10940-022-09565-6