Objectives To identify how much of the variability of crime in a city can be attributed to micro
(street segment), meso (neighborhood), and macro (district) levels of geography. We define …

Objectives The influence of three hierarchical units of analysis on the total spatial variability
of violent crime incidents in Chicago is assessed. This analysis seeks to replicate a recent …

According to Laub (2004), criminology has a developmental life course with specific turning
points that allow for innovations in how we understand and respond to crime. I argue that …

There is much concern in the UK about the effects on community cohesion of antisocial
behaviour, but to date relatively little is known about the geography of such behaviour: for …

The relationship between population density and neighbourhood crime levels is a classic
one found in criminological research. Urbanization has often been seen as detrimental to …

This article examines the neighborhood characteristics that affect bias crime and compares
bias crime to other kinds of criminal offending. Two frequently asserted arguments are …

Large geographic areas should host a greater diversity of crime compared with small
geographic areas. This proposition is reasonable given that larger geographic areas should …

Several decades of research in crime at place has uncovered a key lesson for criminology:
places matter. But the concept of place for criminology has evolved over time. Traditional …

The importance of neighborhoods and places in understanding crime has been widely
noted in criminology. Using various units of analysis (eg, states, counties, cities …

Traditional ecological analyses ofburglary have a number of shortcomings. First, break-ins
occurring within a neighbourhood have been regarded as a solely the product of local …