Knowledge Development Trajectories of Crime Prevention Domain: An Academic Study Based on Citation and Main Path Analysis

Song-Chia Hsu, Kai-Ying Chen (), Chih-Ping Lin and Wei-Hao Su
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Song-Chia Hsu: College of Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
Kai-Ying Chen: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
Chih-Ping Lin: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
Wei-Hao Su: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-20

Abstract: This study performed main path analysis to explore the academic field of crime prevention. Studies were collected from the Web of Science database, and main path analysis was used to analyze the studies and identify influential authors and journals on the basis of the g-index and h-index. Cluster analysis was then performed to group studies with related themes. Wordle was used to output keywords and word clouds for each cluster, both of which were used as reference to name each cluster. Five clusters were identified, namely crime displacement control, crime prevention through environmental design, developmental crime prevention, the effects of communalism on crime prevention, and the effect of childhood sexual abuse on crime. Each cluster was analyzed, and suggestions based on the results are provided. The main purpose of crime prevention is to advance our understanding of the psychological criminal mechanisms (i.e., personal, social and environmental impacts) associated with different criminal behaviors at the intersection of law by using main path analysis.

Keywords: crime prevention; crime control; environmental conditions and crime; criminal behavior and the law; main path analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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