The geography of crime fear: A pilot study exploring event-based perceptions of risk using mobile technology

Chataway, Michael L.; Hart, Timothy C.; Coomber, Ross; Bond, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.06.010

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“…As noted by Chataway et al (2017) 2,23,24,25). For example, with FixMyStreet data, one fourth of all reports had been produced by one percent of users, while 73% of people in the sample contributed only once (Solymosi et al 2017).…”

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A place-based approach to fear of crime: A systematic review of app-based and crowdsourced measures

Solymosi¹,

Buil‐Gil²,

Vozmediano³

et al. 2019

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Few researches have considered fear of crime as a context-specific experience. This paper promotes a place-based theoretical framework for studying crime perceptions through presenting app-based and crowdsourcing measures of perception of crime and place as a robust methodological framework. A systematic review of published studies that use crowdsourced or app-based measures to explore perceptions of crime was conducted. From the 27 studies that met our inclusion criteria, reported strengths and limitations were synthesized to determine key developments and common issues, illustrated with data from three app-based studies. We found consensus that app-based and crowdsourcing measures of fear of crime capture more precise spatial and temporal data alongside auxiliary information about the individual and the environment. Practical benefits, such as reduced cost of data collection and implementable outputs that are useful to practitioners were also highlighted. However, limitations around sampling biases, generalizability of findings, and the under-representation of certain areas persist.

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 72%

A place-based approach to fear of crime: A systematic review of app-based and crowdsourced measures

Solymosi¹,

Buil‐Gil²,

Vozmediano³

et al. 2019

Preprint

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“…On the other hand, despite a wealth of literature, previous studies lack a complete required practical representation of the concept of the urban built environment [17]. In particular, there is a lack of reliable and integrated indicators that measure the physical aspects of the urban built environment at the neighborhood level.…”

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Urban Crime Occurrences in Association with Built Environment Characteristics: An African Case with Implications for Urban Design

Silva

Lin

2020

Sustainability

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Empirically, the physical spatial arrangement of places provides us with a clue about the likelihood for crime opportunities based on the principles of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). Although we know that the quality of the urban built environment influences people’s behavior, its measurement as a variable is not an easy task. In this study, we present and develop a set of urban built environment indicators (UBEIs) based on two datasets: building footprints and road networks at the neighborhood level in the city of Praia, Cape Verde. We selected the four most relevant UBEIs to create a single urban built environment indicator (CUBEI), and then, explored their relationships with five types of crime (i.e., burglary, robbery, mugging, residential robbery, and crimes involving weapons) using correlation and regression analysis. Our results showed a consistent and statistically significant relationship between different types of crimes with both the UBEIs and CUBEI, suggesting that a poor urban built environment is associated with an increase of all types of crimes investigated in this study. Thus, to minimize crime incidents, urban planners should rehabilitate or design neighborhoods from the earlier stage, considering the principles of CPTED and broken window theory (BWT).

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“…Although both studies gather relevant situational data on time and place, time and place must not be confounded with situation. Chataway et al (2017) supplement the geographical location with additional relevant characteristics relating to the area concerned, but these variables (in addition to time) only represent some of the elements of a situation. The ESM approach in general, however, is highly relevant for studying the person-setting interaction; it offers the ability to understand the actual situational cues that are important in the person-setting interaction.…”

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“…The other ESM study on fear of crime (Chataway et al 2017) used a somewhat different approach. Instead of notifying respondents at random times during the day, Chataway and colleagues alerted the participants at specific places.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, notifications to respondents may be sent at random points in time, within specific time-slots (e.g. morning, mid-day, afternoon, or evening) (Solymosi et al 2015), or when respondents enter a geo-fenced area of interest (a specific neighbourhood, a shopping area, or similar) (Chataway et al 2017).…”

Section: Measuring Situational Dynamics and Lifestyle-routine Activitmentioning

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Community-Oriented Policing and Technological Innovations

Leventakis¹,

Haberfeld²

2018

SpringerBriefs in Criminology

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The geography of crime fear: A pilot study exploring event-based perceptions of risk using mobile technology

Cited by 44 publications

References 29 publications

A place-based approach to fear of crime: A systematic review of app-based and crowdsourced measures

A place-based approach to fear of crime: A systematic review of app-based and crowdsourced measures

Urban Crime Occurrences in Association with Built Environment Characteristics: An African Case with Implications for Urban Design

Community-Oriented Policing and Technological Innovations

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