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dc.contributor.authorTownsley, Michael
dc.contributor.authorBirks, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorBernasco, Wim
dc.contributor.authorRuiter, Stijn
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Shane D
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Gentry
dc.contributor.authorBaum, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-05T01:30:58Z
dc.date.available2018-10-05T01:30:58Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0022-4278
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0022427814541447
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/64981
dc.description.abstractObjectives: This study builds on research undertaken by Bernasco and Nieuwbeerta and explores the generalizability of a theoretically derived offender target selection model in three cross-national study regions. Methods: Taking a discrete spatial choice approach, we estimate the impact of both environment- and offender-level factors on residential burglary placement in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Combining cleared burglary data from all study regions in a single statistical model, we make statistical comparisons between environments. Results: In all three study regions, the likelihood an offender selects an area for burglary is positively influenced by proximity to their home, the proportion of easily accessible targets, and the total number of targets available. Furthermore, in two of the three study regions, juvenile offenders under the legal driving age are significantly more influenced by target proximity than adult offenders. Post hoc tests indicate the magnitudes of these impacts vary significantly between study regions. Conclusions: While burglary target selection strategies are consistent with opportunity-based explanations of offending, the impact of environmental context is significant. As such, the approach undertaken in combining observations from multiple study regions may aid criminology scholars in assessing the generalizability of observed findings across multiple environments.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom3
dc.relation.ispartofpageto31
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
dc.relation.ispartofvolume52
dc.relation.urihttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP110100100
dc.relation.grantIDDP110100100
dc.relation.fundersARC
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and prevention of crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440201
dc.titleBurglar Target Selection: A Cross-national Comparison
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTownsley, Michael K.
gro.griffith.authorBaum, Scott


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