2012
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs005
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Go where the money is: modeling street robbers' location choices

Abstract: This article analyzes how street robbers decide on where to attack their victims. Using data on nearly 13,000 robberies, on the approximately 18,000 offenders involved in these robberies, and on the nearly 25,000 census blocks in the city of Chicago, we utilize the discrete choice framework to assess which criteria motivate the location decisions of street robbers. We demonstrate that they attack near their own homes, on easily accessible blocks, where legal and illegal cash economies are present, and that the… Show more

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“…In order to be included in the current analysis, the burglaries had to match several additional selection criteria that are similar to the selection criteria adopted in previous applications of the discrete spatial choice method to studying offence location choice (e.g., Bernasco, et al, 2012;Bernasco & Nieuwbeerta, 2005). These criteria and their impact on the sample size are summarized in Fout!…”
Section: East Flanders and Its Recorded Crime Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In order to be included in the current analysis, the burglaries had to match several additional selection criteria that are similar to the selection criteria adopted in previous applications of the discrete spatial choice method to studying offence location choice (e.g., Bernasco, et al, 2012;Bernasco & Nieuwbeerta, 2005). These criteria and their impact on the sample size are summarized in Fout!…”
Section: East Flanders and Its Recorded Crime Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In other words, the spatial resolution of existing applications of the approach is not aligned with the outcome of offenders' spatial choice behavior and the decisions they are expected to make when looking for a particular burglary target. In addition, the use of fine-grained spatial units of analysis such as the house that is burglarized has the advantage that it addresses the modifiable areal unit problem and reduces the risk of aggregation bias (Bernasco, Block, & Ruiter, 2012;Oberwittler & Wikström, 2009). Aggregation bias and spatial heterogeneity may impact the outcome of geospatial criminological research.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies analyzing the offender decision-making process related to the location of the crime have mostly been carried out for property crimes such as burglary (e.g., Bernasco & Nieuwbeerta, 2005;Clare, Fernandez, & Morgan, 2009;Coupe & Blake, 2006;Nee & Meenaghan, 2006;Wright, Logie, & Decker, 1995) and robbery (e.g., Bernasco & Block, 2009;Bernasco, Block, & Ruiter, 2013;Petrosino & Brensilber, 2003). Recent studies have also investigated target selection and spatial choices of rioters (e.g., Baudains et al, 2013;Martin, McCarthy, & McPhail, 2009).…”
Section: Environmental Consistency and Serial Offendersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, they do not function as lightning rods that reduce the risk of damage in their immediate environment but instead infect their immediate environment with increased risk" (pg. 51; see also Bernasco, Block and Ruiter 2013). In sum, to the extent that nonresidential land uses provide criminal opportunity, the effects should be direct such that we argue a concentration of fringe lending establishments should be associated with heightened crime rates.…”
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confidence: 81%
“…In their study of robbers' motives and methods, Wright and Decker (1997:76-78) provide examples of how robbers are attracted to places where cash flows. And in a similar study using data on roughly 13,000 robberies, Bernasco, Block, and Ruiter (2013) find that robbers "attack near their own 6 homes, on easily accessible blocks, where legal and illegal cash economies are present…" (pg. 199).…”
Section: Theoretical Perspectives On Fringe Banking and Neighborhood mentioning
confidence: 99%