Deconstructing journey-to-crime's questionable validity in theft-related crimes

Patrick Michaud and Jean Proulx

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2023, vol. 86, issue C

Abstract: This study empirically quantifies the methodological biases of the journey-to-crime measurement, by investigating the extent to which they affect its ability to estimate the itineraries offenders actually travel during the perpetration of their crimes.

Keywords: Journey-to-crime; Home-to-crime; Criminal mobility; Environmental criminology; Construct validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102052

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