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  • Malicious Hoax Calls And Suspicious Fires: An Examination Of Their Spatial And Temporal Dynamics

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    Corcoran, J
    McGee, TR
    Townsley, M
    Wickes, R
    Zahnow, R
    Li, T
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Townsley, Michael K.
    Li, Terry
    McGee, Tara Renae R.
    Year published
    2013
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    Malicious hoax calls for service and suspicious fires are a significant burden to the community financially and in the potential danger they present, yet little is known about the dynamics associated with their prevalence. The present research is the first of its kind in Australia to comprehensively examine these offences using unit-level location data supplied by the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service. The aim of this research is to identify the temporal and spatial patterning of malicious hoax calls and suspicious fires. Analyses employed advanced methods of geographic visualisation and statistics to track the changing ...
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    Malicious hoax calls for service and suspicious fires are a significant burden to the community financially and in the potential danger they present, yet little is known about the dynamics associated with their prevalence. The present research is the first of its kind in Australia to comprehensively examine these offences using unit-level location data supplied by the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service. The aim of this research is to identify the temporal and spatial patterning of malicious hoax calls and suspicious fires. Analyses employed advanced methods of geographic visualisation and statistics to track the changing spatial patterns of these events over 13 years. Understanding the patterning of fire events provides an evidence base for initiatives designed to reduce the incidence of hoax calls for service and suspicious fires.
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    Journal Title
    Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
    Volume
    459
    Publisher URI
    https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi459
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 Australian Institute of Criminology. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Criminology
    Causes and prevention of crime
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/59780
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