Crime in a Scandinavian Shopping Centre

Ceccato, Vânia; Parsanezhad, Pouriya; Tarandi, Väino

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73065-3_8

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“…Similar crime concentration patterns were found in Sweden (e.g. Hoppe & Gerell, 2018) and in Stockholm, at various levels, in neighbourhoods (Ceccato & Haining, 2005;Ceccato, Haining, & Signoretta, 2002;Uittenbogaard & Ceccato, 2012;Wikström, 1991), around transport nodes (Ceccato, Cats, & Wang, 2015;Ceccato, Uittenbogaard, & Bamzar, 2013) and in micro-retail environments (Ceccato, Falk, Parsanezhad, & Tarandi, 2018). This criminogenic feature of crime concentrations affects these areas' overall quality and is absorbed into the dynamics of the housing market such that property prices are reduced, at least close to such areas.…”

Section: Crime and Placessupporting

confidence: 55%

Do crime hot spots affect housing prices?

Ceccato

Wilhelmsson

2020

Nordic Journal of Criminology

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Our knowledge about what happens to housing values when properties are close to places with high concentrations of crime, often called 'hot spots', is limited. Previous research suggests that crime depresses property prices overall, but crime hot spots affect house prices more than crime occurrence does and may affect prices of single-family houses more than prices of flats. Here we employ hedonic price modelling to estimate the impact of crime hot spots on housing sales, controlling for property, neighbourhood and city characteristics in the Stockholm metropolitan region, Sweden. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), we combine property sales by coordinates into a single database with locations of crime hot spots. The overall effect on house prices of crime (measured as crime rates) is relatively small, but if its impact is measured by distance to a crime hot spot, the effect is non-negligible. By moving a house 1 km further away from a crime hot spot, its value increases by more than SEK 30,000 (about EUR 2,797). Vandalism is the type of crime that most affects prices for both multi-and single-family housing, but that effect decreases with distance from a crime hot spot.

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Section: Crime and Placessupporting

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Do crime hot spots affect housing prices?

Ceccato

Wilhelmsson

2020

Nordic Journal of Criminology

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“…According to Ceccato, Falk, Parsanezhad, and Tarandi (2018), most CPTED interventions have been implemented together with other situational crime prevention techniques (Clarke, 2012) with reference to housing developments and neighborhoods (e.g. Armitage, 2013;Ceccato & Bamzar, 2016;Clarke, 1983;DeKeseredy, Donnermeyer, & Schwartz, 2009), transportation systems (Ceccato & Paz, 2017;Loukaitou-Sideris, 2012), parks (Iqbal & Ceccato, 2016), and commercial properties and shopping centers (Ceccato & Tcacencu, 2018;Lindblom & Kajalo, 2011).…”

Section: Urban Environments and Crime Prevention Through Environmentamentioning

confidence: 99%

Fieldwork protocol as a safety inventory tool in public places

Ceccato

2019

Criminal Justice Studies

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This study reports on experiences using fieldwork protocols (FPs) in guiding the inventory of safety conditions in public places. Relying on theories of environmental criminology, situational crime prevention, and crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), FPs are used to collect data on-site for three different types of public places: subway stations, shopping centers and parks. The fieldwork data are compared with other data sources and mapped using geographical information system (GIS) technology or building information modeling (BIM). Based on criteria of validity, reliability, and generalizability of evidence collected on-site, the study shows that FPs are better suited for environments that follow some uniform structure (subway stations) than other types of public places (urban parks). The article concludes with lessons for using FPs in guiding data collection for safety inventories and recommendations for future research.

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“…The term “shopping center” was originally used in Northern America to describe a group of shops designed and developed as one architectural unit (Ceccato et al , 2018). From this, the term “shopping center” spreads all over the world and comes in different sizes and designs, ranging from small shopping malls to massive complexes and distinct land use.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Researchers have recently shown that lack of safety sometimes leads users to avoid using the shopping centers (Poyser, 2004; Ceccato, 2016; Ceccato and Tcacencu, 2018). Additionally, some studies have reported that shoppers are reluctant to patronize shopping centers where some areas in the buildings make them feel unsafe and, as a consequence, prefer using safer shopping centers more frequently than the less-safe ones (Ceccato, 2016; Ceccato et al , 2018). The fear of crime, especially, has been found as a major factor restraining the use of urban shopping centers (Bamfeld, 2012; Savard and Kennedy, 2014; Ceccato and Tcacencu, 2018).…”

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“…In answering this question, some studies have focused on psychological or socio-demographic variables (Pain, 1997; Poyser, 2004), whereas others have highlighted the importance of physical and environmental factors (Ceccato, 2016; Ceccato et al , 2018; Ceccato and Tcacencu, 2018). These studies, most of which are experimental, have investigated perceived safety in relation to fear of crime.…”

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Fear dynamics in public places: a case study of urban shopping centers

Badiora

Odufuwa

2019

JPMD

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Purpose This study aims to examine the relationships among some important factors and perceived personal safety in public places, using Nigerian urban shopping centers as case studies. Following the evidence from previous studies, the present study hypothesizes that individual characteristics influence perceived personal safety in shopping centers, and users’ perceived safety is affected by the shopping centers’ environmental attributes. Design/methodology/approach Two shopping centers were selected as cases for the study. Systematic sampling technique was used to select participants. Respondents were asked to answer closed-ended questions pertaining to environmental-design satisfaction, socio-economic and demographic characteristics and shopping center use. In total, 784 users participated in the survey. However, only 440 users properly completed the interview: 219 from Aleshinloye and 221 from Gbagi. Environmental design, socio-economic and demographic characteristics and shopping center use are independent variables, whereas perceived safety is a dependent variable. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, factor analysis and Man–Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis tests. Findings Results show that fear of crime is the most important factor, explaining 28.16 per cent of the total variance in perceived safety. Nevertheless, findings show that demographic factors have a significant impact on perceived safety as well. There is also a strong association between perceived safety and the use of shopping centers, as Aleshinloye, which is perceived safer, has been more frequently used than Gbagi. Furthermore, environmental design appears as a significant factor for perceived safety in shopping centers, as users of Aleshinloye’s facilities have a better perceived safety from crime, better way-finding ability and more environmental-design satisfaction than users of Gbagi. Practical implications The study recommends the provisions of design or security precautions that prevent the fear of crime and improve way-finding capacity and environmental-design satisfaction in urban shopping facilities. Specifically, it is important to have environmental security precautions such as closed circuit televisions, good and functional lighting and private security staff, especially for women and the elderly, in urban commercial centers as these precautions could enhance their sense of personal safety. Originality/value Previous studies on shopping centers’ security have mainly concentrated on the relationship between fear of crime, perceived safety and associated factors. No studies to date have explored how way-finding ability affects perceived safety of users of shopping centers. This study contributes to the existing literature, revealing way-finding anxiety to be another important dimension of perceived safety in urban shopping centers.

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Crime in a Scandinavian Shopping Centre

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

Do crime hot spots affect housing prices?

Do crime hot spots affect housing prices?

Fieldwork protocol as a safety inventory tool in public places

Fear dynamics in public places: a case study of urban shopping centers

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