The COVID-19 pandemic is strongly affecting many aspects of human life and society
around the world. To investigate whether this pandemic also influences crime, the …

The spatiotemporal distribution of crime is closely related to the environment, exhibiting a
typical characteristic of “spatiotemporal autocorrelation”. However, most of the existing …

Crime issues have been attracting widespread attention from citizens and managers of cities
due to their unexpected and massive consequences. As an effective technique to prevent …

As one of Vancouver's oldest neighbourhoods and the historical heart of the city, Downtown
Eastside (DTES) has been home to many low-income residents and has been challenged …

Sophisticated location and tracking technologies have led to the generation of vast amounts
of trajectory data. Of interest is constructing a small set of basic building blocks that can …

Natural disasters pose serious threats to human survival. With global warming, disaster
chains related to extreme weather are becoming more common, making it increasingly …

Legal documents serve as valuable repositories of information pertaining to crimes,
encompassing not only legal aspects but also relevant details about criminal behaviors. To …

Understanding the relationship between physical spaces and crime in the Historic Centre of
Porto (HCP), Portugal, is crucial, considering the relevance of this area to the city. This study …

The importance of combining spatial and temporal aspects has been increasingly
recognized over recent years, yet pertinent pattern analysis methods in place-based crime …

Urban crimes are not homogeneously distributed but exhibit spatial heterogeneity across a
range of spatial scales. Meanwhile, while geographic space shapes human activities, it is …