LEADER 02664nam 22006014a 450 001 9910781362603321 005 20230725051852.0 010 $a1-59332-557-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035053 035 $a(EBL)837751 035 $a(OCoLC)732955801 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000553464 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11341342 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000553464 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10504500 035 $a(PQKB)10100099 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837751 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837751 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430491 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035053 100 $a20100121d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNeighborhood structures and crime$b[electronic resource] $ea spatial analysis /$fGeorge Kikuchi 210 $aEl Paso $cLFB Scholarly Pub. LLC$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 225 1 $aCriminal justice: recent scholarship 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-396-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Longitudinal analysis of crime rates at the neighborhood level -- An analysis of spatially varying associations between neighborhood characteristics and crime -- A spatial analysis of criminal offenders' target selection -- Conclusion. 330 $aThinking in spatial terms is essential in understanding crime and criminal behavior. By integrating newly developed statistical methods from interdisciplinary fields with social disorganization theory and routine activities theory, Kikuchi examines the spatial and temporal dynamics of crime at the neighborhood level. Statistical analyses consistently indicate that neighborhood characteristics are important predictors of the spatial distribution of crime, longitudinal trends of crime, and even criminal offenders' target selection. Kikuchi endeavors to uncover the mechanism of how neighborhood c 410 0$aCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aCriminal statistics 606 $aNeighborhoods 606 $aCrime analysis 606 $aSpatial analysis (Statistics) 615 0$aCriminal statistics. 615 0$aNeighborhoods. 615 0$aCrime analysis. 615 0$aSpatial analysis (Statistics) 676 $a364.2/2 700 $aKikuchi$b George$f1980-$01565639 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781362603321 996 $aNeighborhood structures and crime$93835513 997 $aUNINA