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View article: The impacts of specific place visitations on theft patterns: a case study in Greater London, UK
The impacts of specific place visitations on theft patterns: a case study in Greater London, UK Open
Exploring the impacts of population place visitation on crime patterns is crucial for understanding crime mechanisms and optimising resource allocation in crime prevention. While recent studies have broadly examined dynamic population acti…
View article: Crime radiation theory: the co-production of crime patterns through opportunity creation and exploitation
Crime radiation theory: the co-production of crime patterns through opportunity creation and exploitation Open
Considerable research shows that crime is concentrated at a few proprietary places: addresses and facilities. Emerging research suggests that proprietary places may radiate crime: activities at a place increase the risk of crime in the are…
View article: Does crime in places stay in places? Evidence for crime radiation from three narrative reviews
Does crime in places stay in places? Evidence for crime radiation from three narrative reviews Open
One of the most facts about crime is that it concentrates at a few proprietary places: addresses, facilities, and land parcels. Do these crime-places radiate crime into their surroundings? Intuitively, crime radiation seems likely. And it …
View article: Does crime in places stay in places? Evidence for crime radiation from three narrative reviews
Does crime in places stay in places? Evidence for crime radiation from three narrative reviews Open
One of the most facts about crime is that it concentrates at a few proprietary places: addresses, facilities, and land parcels. Do these crime-places radiate crime into their surroundings? Intuitively, crime radiation seems likely. And it …
View article: Concentrations of harm: Geographic and demographic patterning in human trafficking and related victimisation
Concentrations of harm: Geographic and demographic patterning in human trafficking and related victimisation Open
Human trafficking and ‘modern slavery’ cover a wide, varied and poorly delineated range of exploitative practices. Yet, conflating different issues risks obscuring important variation. The geographies of trafficking are surprisingly under-…
View article: Applying Dynamic Human Activity to Disentangle Property Crime Patterns in London during the Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis Using Geo-Tagged Big Data
Applying Dynamic Human Activity to Disentangle Property Crime Patterns in London during the Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis Using Geo-Tagged Big Data Open
This study aimed to evaluate the relationships between different groups of explanatory variables (i.e., dynamic human activity variables, static variables of social disorganisation and crime generators, and combinations of both sets of var…
View article: Household occupancy and burglary: A case study using COVID-19 restrictions
Household occupancy and burglary: A case study using COVID-19 restrictions Open
From a theoretical perspective, the results generally provide further support for routine activity perspective. From a practical perspective, they suggest considerations for anticipating future burglary trends.
View article: Examining the geographies of human trafficking: Methodological challenges in mapping trafficking's complexities and connectivities
Examining the geographies of human trafficking: Methodological challenges in mapping trafficking's complexities and connectivities Open
There is relatively little empirical research into the geographies of human trafficking, despite its inherent spatiality and the clear benefits of geographical perspectives. An emerging but vibrant body of qualitative work explores differe…
View article: The effect of GPS refresh rate on measuring police patrol in micro-places
The effect of GPS refresh rate on measuring police patrol in micro-places Open
With the increasing prevalence of police interventions implemented in micro hot-spots of crime, the accuracy with which officer foot patrols can be measured is increasingly important for the robust evaluation of such strategies. However, i…
View article: The effect of GPS refresh rate on measuring police patrol in micro-places
The effect of GPS refresh rate on measuring police patrol in micro-places Open
The e ect of GPS refresh rate on measuring police patrol in micro-places
View article: The First Local Lockdown
The First Local Lockdown Open
A ‘local lockdown’ was introduced in Leicester city on 29 June: the city had < 1% of the UK population but 10% of all positive COVID-19 cases the week before. We examine recorded crime in July, the first month. Fig 1 shows the most popu…
View article: Understanding the concept of ‘demand’ in policing: a scoping review and resulting implications for demand management
Understanding the concept of ‘demand’ in policing: a scoping review and resulting implications for demand management Open
As literature around policing and society grows, there is increased use of, and focus upon the concept of police ‘demand’. The concept itself, however, is ill-defined and no consensus exists about how it should be measured. This paper addr…
View article: Human trafficking for sex, labour and domestic servitude: how do key trafficking types compare and what are their predictors?
Human trafficking for sex, labour and domestic servitude: how do key trafficking types compare and what are their predictors? Open
Combatting trafficking in human beings is a well-established social policy and crime prevention priority for the twenty-first Century. Human trafficking, as defined in international law, can occur for diverse exploitative purposes. Yet, di…
View article: Data and evidence challenges facing place-based policing
Data and evidence challenges facing place-based policing Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use an evaluation of a micro-place-based hot-spot policing implementation to highlight the potential issues raised by data quality standards in the recording and measurement of crime data and police …
View article: Evaluation of operation swordfish: a near-repeat target-hardening strategy
Evaluation of operation swordfish: a near-repeat target-hardening strategy Open
This paper reports an evaluation of a police-led target-hardening crime prevention strategy inspired by research concerned with space–time patterns of burglary. A total of 46 neighbourhoods in the West Midlands (UK) were randomly allocated…
View article: An examination of the spatial distribution of the tissue fragments created during a single explosive attack
An examination of the spatial distribution of the tissue fragments created during a single explosive attack Open
Throughout the course of a forensic investigation following an explosive attack, the identification and recovery of tissue fragments is of extreme importance. There are few universally accepted methods to achieve this end. This project aim…
View article: Crowdsourcing Subjective Perceptions of Neighbourhood Disorder: Interpreting Bias in Open Data
Crowdsourcing Subjective Perceptions of Neighbourhood Disorder: Interpreting Bias in Open Data Open
New forms of data are now widely used in social sciences, and much debate surrounds their ideal application to the study of crime problems. Limitations associated with this data, including the subjective bias in reporting are often a point…
View article: A systematic review of tagging as a method to reduce theft in retail environments
A systematic review of tagging as a method to reduce theft in retail environments Open
Through applying the EMMIE framework this review highlighted the complexity involved in security tagging in retail environments, whereby different kinds of tags are expected to reduce theft through different casual mechanisms which are dep…
View article: Gating Alleys to Reduce Crime: A Meta-Analysis and Realist Synthesis
Gating Alleys to Reduce Crime: A Meta-Analysis and Realist Synthesis Open
Alley gates are designed to limit access to alleys and the crime opportunities they afford. Informed by the acronym EMMIE we sought to: (1) systematically review the evidence on whether alley gates are Effective at reducing crime, (2) iden…
View article: Predictive Crime Mapping: Arbitrary Grids or Street Networks?
Predictive Crime Mapping: Arbitrary Grids or Street Networks? Open
This study suggests that, for property crime at least, network-based methods of crime forecasting are likely to outperform grid-based alternatives, and hence should be used in operational policing. More sophisticated variations of the mode…