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dc.contributor.authorBirks, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorTownsley, Michael
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Anna
dc.contributor.editorWayne Osgood
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:54:16Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:54:16Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2012-08-07T23:33:16Z
dc.identifier.issn0011-1384
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00258.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/46072
dc.description.abstractThis study demonstrates that computational modeling and, in particular, agent-based modeling (ABM) offers a viable compatriot to traditional experimental methodologies for criminology scholars. ABM can be used as a means to operationalize and test hypothetical mechanisms that offer a potential explanation for commonly observed criminological phenomena. This study tests whether the hypothesized mechanisms of environmental criminology are sufficient to produce several commonly observed characteristics of crime. We present an ABM of residential burglary, simulating a world inhabited by potential targets and offenders who behave according to the theoretical propositions of environmental criminology. A series of simulated experiments examining the impact of these mechanisms on patterns of offending are performed. The outputs of these simulations then are compared with several well-established findings derived from empirical studies of residential burglary, including the spatial concentration of crime, repeat victimization, and the journey to crime curve. The results from this research demonstrate that the propositions of the routine activity approach, rational choice perspective, and crime pattern theory provide a viable generative explanation for several independent characteristics of crime.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom221
dc.relation.ispartofpageto254
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCriminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume50
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminological theories
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied ethics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhilosophy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5001
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5003
dc.titleGenerative Explanations of Crime: Using Simulation to Test Criminological Theory
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorStewart, Anna L.
gro.griffith.authorTownsley, Michael K.


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