Spatial Choice of Auto Thefts in an Urban Environment

Lu, Yongmei

doi:10.1057/palgrave.sj.8350008

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“…The research of Lu (2003Lu ( , 2006) is also relevant. This research has investigated the spatial behaviour of car thieves from the city of Buffalo, NY.…”

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A theoretical and practical test of geographical profiling with serial vehicle theft in a U.K. context

Tonkin

Woodhams²,

Bond³

et al. 2009

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Geographical profiling is an investigative methodology sometimes employed by the police to predict the residence of an unknown offender from the locations of his/her crimes. The validity of geographical profiling, however, has not been fully explored for certain crime types. This study, therefore, presents a preliminary test of the potential for geographical profiling with a sample of 145 serial vehicle thieves from the U.K. The behavioural assumptions underlying geographical profiling (distance decay and domocentricity) are tested and a simple practical test of profiling using the spatial mean is presented. There is evidence for distance decay but not domocentricity among the spatial behaviour of car thieves from the U.K. A degree of success was achieved when applying the spatial mean on a case-by-case basis. The level of success varied, however, and neither series length in days nor number of crimes could account for the variation. The findings question previously held assumptions regarding geographical profiling and have potential theoretical and practical implications for the study and investigation of vehicle theft in the U.K.

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“…The research of Lu (2003Lu ( , 2006) is also relevant. This research has investigated the spatial behaviour of car thieves from the city of Buffalo, NY.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A theoretical and practical test of geographical profiling with serial vehicle theft in a U.K. context

Tonkin

Woodhams²,

Bond³

et al. 2009

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…Major roads -Have higher frequencies of MVT incidents than other parts as a result of the presence of specific characteristics; for instance, it is easier to enter and access from different locations in US (Lu, 2006;Suresh & Tewksbury, 2013) and in Australia (Henry & Bryan, 2000).…”

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“…Those roads that may have certain activities taking place along them tend to attract car thieves (Lu, 2006).…”

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“…In England and Wales (Sallybanks & Brown, 1999) and in Canada (Fleming et al, 1994;Wallace, 2003). Bars, nightclubs, theatres, restaurants and high schools -These types of facilities have been found to be more vulnerable to have high concentrations of MVT in US (Lu, 2006;Rengert, 1997;Weisel et al, 2006) To determine the relationship between the social, family, educational and economical characteristics of prisoners and their relation to types of crime in SA.…”

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How Well Does Western Environmental Theory Explain Crime in the Arabian Context? The Case Study of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Alotaibi

Evans

Heppenstall

et al. 2017

International Criminal Justice Review

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Crime within Arabic countries is significantly different from Western crime in type, frequency, and motivation. For example, motor vehicle theft (MVT) has constituted the largest proportion of property crime incidents in Saudi Arabia (SA) for decades. This is in stark contrast to Western countries where burglary and street theft dominate. Environmental criminology theories, such as routine activity theory and crime pattern theory, have the potential to help to investigate Arabic crime. However, there is no research that has sought to evaluate the validity of these theories within such a different cultural context. This article represents a first step in addressing this substantial research gap, taking MVT within SA as a case study. We evaluate previous MVT studies using an environmental criminology approach with a critical view to applying environmental criminology to an Arabic context. The article identifies a range of key features in SA that are different from typical Western contexts. These differences could limit the appropriateness of existing methodologies used to apply environmental criminology. The study also reveals that the methodologies associated with traditional environmental crime theory need adjusting more generally when working with MVT, not least to account for shifts in the location of opportunities for crime with time.

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“…The visual analysis provided through the KDE (Silverman, 1986) method makes reference and communication of results intuitive (Andrade et al, 2004). Outputs from the Kernel density estimation (KDE) method also provide evidence of visual "hotspots" to the researcher for subsequent analyses (Lu, 2006). Similar benefits can be realized from the Kernel intensity function (KIF) approach (Kelsall and Diggle, 1995).…”

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A scoping review of spatial cluster analysis techniques for point-event data

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Abstract. Spatial cluster analysis is a uniquely interdisciplinary endeavour, and so it is important to communicate and disseminate ideas, innovations, best practices and challenges across practitioners, applied epidemiology researchers and spatial statisticians. In this research we conducted a scoping review to systematically search peer-reviewed journal databases for research that has employed spatial cluster analysis methods on individual-level, address location, or x and y coordinate derived data. To illustrate the thematic issues raised by our results, methods were tested using a dataset where known clusters existed. Point pattern methods, spatial clustering and cluster detection tests, and a locally weighted spatial regression model were most commonly used for individual-level, address location data (n = 29). The spatial scan statistic was the most popular method for address location data (n = 19). Six themes were identified relating to the application of spatial cluster analysis methods and subsequent analyses, which we recommend researchers to consider; exploratory analysis, visualization, spatial resolution, aetiology, scale and spatial weights. It is our intention that researchers seeking direction for using spatial cluster analysis methods, consider the caveats and strengths of each approach, but also explore the numerous other methods available for this type of analysis. Applied spatial epidemiology researchers and practitioners should give special consideration to applying multiple tests to a dataset. Future research should focus on developing frameworks for selecting appropriate methods and the corresponding spatial weighting schemes.

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Spatial Choice of Auto Thefts in an Urban Environment

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A theoretical and practical test of geographical profiling with serial vehicle theft in a U.K. context

A theoretical and practical test of geographical profiling with serial vehicle theft in a U.K. context

How Well Does Western Environmental Theory Explain Crime in the Arabian Context? The Case Study of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

A scoping review of spatial cluster analysis techniques for point-event data

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