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dc.contributor.authorTownsley, M
dc.contributor.authorHomel, R
dc.contributor.authorChaseling, J
dc.contributor.editorRichard Sparks, G Pearson
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:02:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:02:24Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2012-03-20T02:11:08Z
dc.identifier.issn0007-0955
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/5984
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores one aspect of spatial dependence for the offence of burglary, utilising epidemiological methods for the study of infectious diseases to investigate the phenomenon of near repeat victimization. The near repeat burglary hypothesis states that proximity to a burgled dwelling increases burglary risk for those areas that have a high degree of housing homogeneity and that this risk is similar in nature to the temporarily heightened risk of becoming a repeat victim after an initial victimization. The near repeat hypothesis was tested on 34 months of police recorded burglary data across a high crime area of Brisbane, Australia. Near repeats were shown to exist in the study area, mainly in suburbs containing homogeneous housing. Little or no housing diversity, in terms of the type of physical construction and general appearance of dwellings, serves to restrict the extent of repeat victimization. Housing diversity allows offenders a choice of targets, and favoured targets will be 'revisited' by burglars. Near identical targets usually present no motive for an offender to favour one property over another. Thus in areas with low housing diversity, victim prevalence should be higher than in areas with heterogeneous housing.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/3/615
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom615
dc.relation.ispartofpageto633
dc.relation.ispartofedition2003
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe British Journal of Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume43
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLegal systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4805
dc.titleInfectious Burglaries: A Test of the Near Repeat Hypothesis
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.rights.copyrightThis is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the British Journal of Criminology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Br J Criminol 2003 43: 615-633 is available online at: http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/43/3/615
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHomel, Ross J.
gro.griffith.authorTownsley, Michael K.


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