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A Comparative Evaluation of Approaches to Urban Crime Pattern Analysis

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  • Massimo Craglia

    (Massimo Craglia is in the Department of Town and Regional Planning and Sheffield Centre for Geographical Information and Spatial Analysis, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. Fax: 01142797912. E-mail: gisdata@sheffield.ac.uk)

  • Robert Haining

    (Department of Geography and Sheffield Centre for Geographical Information and Spatial Analysis, Winter Street, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK, R.Haining@Sheffieldac.uk)

  • Paul Wiles

    (Department of Law and Sheffield Centre for Criminological and Legal Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK, p.wiles@sheffield.ac.uk)

Abstract

The increased availability of digital data and the increased scrutiny of public expenditure are opening new opportunities for detailed spatial analysis of social behaviour and policy initiatives to target resources where they are most needed. Two such policy areas in which the use of GIS combined with spatial analysis tools has made significant progress are health and police services, which are at the top of the political agenda due to increasing 'demand' and spiralling costs. Against this background, this paper presents the results of a collaborative research project carried out in Sheffield on the use of GIS for crime pattern analysis. The research described is significant in a number of respects: it is based on high-quality detailed crime data and geographical data for the whole of Sheffield; it compares two different methodologies for crime pattern analysis, one developed specifically for crime, the other for health research; and it demonstrates the policy value of this transfer of methodologies across disciplines.

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  • Massimo Craglia & Robert Haining & Paul Wiles, 2000. "A Comparative Evaluation of Approaches to Urban Crime Pattern Analysis," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 37(4), pages 711-729, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:37:y:2000:i:4:p:711-729
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980050003982
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    1. Robert Haining & Jane Law, 2007. "Combining police perceptions with police records of serious crime areas: a modelling approach," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 170(4), pages 1019-1034, October.
    2. Michał Szyszka & Paulina Polko, 2020. "Interactive Maps of Social Problems and Security Threats Illustrated with an Example of Solutions Currently Used in Upper Silesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-26, February.
    3. Jinwon Kim & Brijesh Thapa & Seongsoo Jang & Eunjung Yang, 2018. "Seasonal Spatial Activity Patterns of Visitors with a Mobile Exercise Application at Seoraksan National Park, South Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-21, July.
    4. Vania Ceccato & Robert Haining & Paola Signoretta, 2001. "Exploring offence statistics in stockholm city using spatial analysis tools," ERSA conference papers ersa01p97, European Regional Science Association.
    5. Zhang, Lei & Traore, Seydou & Cui, Yuanlai & Luo, Yufeng & Zhu, Ge & Liu, Bo & Fipps, Guy & Karthikeyan, R. & Singh, Vijay, 2019. "Assessment of spatiotemporal variability of reference evapotranspiration and controlling climate factors over decades in China using geospatial techniques," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 213(C), pages 499-511.
    6. Steve Cook & Tom Winfield, 2015. "The urban-rural divide, regional disaggregation and the convergence of crime," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(47), pages 5072-5087, October.

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