Neighborhood structures and crime [[electronic resource] ] : a spatial analysis / / George Kikuchi

• Autore: Kikuchi George <1980->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.2/2
• Soggetto topico: Criminal statistics; Neighborhoods; Crime analysis; Spatial analysis (Statistics)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Thinking 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Neighborhood structures and crime
• ISBN: 1-59332-557-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828182303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)