How concentrated is crime at places? A systematic review from 1970 to 2015

YJ Lee, JE Eck, SH O, NN Martinez - Crime Science, 2017 - Springer
Background Despite the increasing awareness and interests about the importance of crime
concentration at places, scholars have not comprehensively synthesized the body of …

Compared to what? Estimating the relative concentration of crime at places using systematic and other reviews

JE Eck, YJ Lee, SH O, N Martinez - Crime Science, 2017 - Springer
Background That crime is concentrated at a few places is well established by over 44
studies. This is true whether one examines addresses or street segments. Additionally, crime …

The influence of community areas, neighborhood clusters, and street segments on the spatial variability of violent crime in Chicago

C Schnell, AA Braga, EL Piza - Journal of quantitative criminology, 2017 - Springer
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 …

Predictive crime mapping: Arbitrary grids or street networks?

G Rosser, T Davies, KJ Bowers, SD Johnson… - Journal of quantitative …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives Decades of empirical research demonstrate that crime is concentrated at a range
of spatial scales, including street segments. Further, the degree of clustering at particular …

Testing the “law of crime concentration at place” in a suburban setting: Implications for research and practice

C Gill, A Wooditch, D Weisburd - Journal of quantitative criminology, 2017 - Springer
Objective To assess whether the “law of crime concentration at place” applies in a non-
urban context. We test whether longitudinal trends in crime concentration, stability, and …

Measuring crime concentration across cities of varying sizes: Complications based on the spatial and temporal scale employed

JR Hipp, YA Kim - Journal of quantitative criminology, 2017 - Springer
Objectives We argue that assessing the level of crime concentration across cities has four
challenges:(1) how much variability should we expect to observe;(2) whether concentration …

The concentration and stability of drug activity in Seattle, Washington using police and emergency medical services data

J Hibdon, CW Telep, ER Groff - Journal of quantitative criminology, 2017 - Springer
Objectives Prior research demonstrates that crime is highly concentrated at place and that
these concentrations are stable from year to year, highlighting the importance of place to …

The law of crime concentration at places: Editors' introduction

AA Braga, MA Andresen, B Lawton - Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2017 - Springer
The empirical observation that a small number of micro places generate the bulk of urban
crime problems has become a criminological axiom. These micro places, commonly referred …

CCTV VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND CRIME CONTROL

EL Piza - The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Crime and …, 2024 - books.google.com
In the Criminal Justice Process and Policy course I taught for the John Jay College doctoral
program from 2016 to 2020, I became notorious among students for frequently uttering" it's …

Measuring disorder: Observer bias in systematic social observations at streets and neighborhoods

EM Hoeben, W Steenbeek, LJR Pauwels - Journal of Quantitative …, 2018 - Springer
Objectives The present study focuses on Systematic Social Observation (SSO) as a method
to investigate physical and social disorder at different units of analysis. The study contributes …