Identifying the nature of risky places for sexual crime: The applicability of crime pattern and social disorganization theories in a Canadian context

Ashley N. Hewitt, Eric Beauregard, Martin A. Andresen and Patricia L. Brantingham

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018, vol. 57, issue C, 35-46

Abstract: Using both crime pattern and social disorganization theories, the current study investigates the characteristics of those places that experience high counts of reported sexual crime to police.

Keywords: Sexual crime; Criminogenic environment; Crime pattern theory; Social disorganization; Negative binomial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.03.003

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