Changing spatial patterns of residential burglary and the crime drop: The need for spatial data signatures
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Andresen, Martin A
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Objectives: To investigate spatial pattern data signatures in residential burglary resulting from the crime drop.
Methods: Geo-referenced crime data, 2003–2016, representing residential burglary are analyzed considering crime concentrations at the street segment level as well as through the use of a nonparametric spatial point pattern test that identifies the stability in spatial point patterns in pairwise and longitudinal contexts.
Results: There has been a statistically significant change in the spatial pattern of residential burglary. The decline and corresponding spatial shift in residential burglary from 2003 to 2016 is related to income and changes in urban form, particularly the use of particular kinds of security.
Conclusions: We find support for inclusion of spatial signatures in the testing of crime drop hypotheses and for explanation
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JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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61
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Criminology