Land Use and Facilities and the Spatial Distribution of Urban Property Crime
The main research problem of this article is to check whether and how selected land use and facilities influence the spatial distribution of different kinds of urban thefts (and burglary) in Krakow. The analysis uses data on all crimes committed in Krakow in the years 2016–2018. Its results are gene...
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doaj-bea7c3709f6e41a68bae7eff2c4c41322021-05-13T21:46:31ZpolLodz University PressActa Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Iuridica0208-60692450-27822021-03-0194659510.18778/0208-6069.94.059710Land Use and Facilities and the Spatial Distribution of Urban Property CrimeJan Bazyli Klakla0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1141-4527Ewa Radomska1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6083-8943Michalina Szafrańska2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9389-7352Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Sociology of LawJagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Sociology of LawJagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Sociology of LawThe main research problem of this article is to check whether and how selected land use and facilities influence the spatial distribution of different kinds of urban thefts (and burglary) in Krakow. The analysis uses data on all crimes committed in Krakow in the years 2016–2018. Its results are generally consistent with the results of other similar studies in so far as they indicate a relationship between the increased criminal activity of perpetrators and the availability of potential victims or objects of attack. Both the higher density of crimes in general and theft in general occurred above all in facilities or in the immediate vicinity of facilities which accumulate large communities for various purposes (activity nodes) or in places which produce the high intensity of people flows (communication nodes). One land use and facilities coexist with an increased density of all types of thefts, while others coexist only with some of them. The results, however, seem inconsistent with the rational choice theory assumptions as high crime density rates were observed in the immediate vicinity of public and private monitoring cameras, as well as within 50 meters of police stations.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/Iuridica/article/view/9813crime mappingspatial analysis of crimespatial statisticsgeographic information systems (gis)property crime |
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Land Use and Facilities and the Spatial Distribution of Urban Property Crime |
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Land Use and Facilities and the Spatial Distribution of Urban Property Crime |
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Land Use and Facilities and the Spatial Distribution of Urban Property Crime |
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Land Use and Facilities and the Spatial Distribution of Urban Property Crime |
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Land Use and Facilities and the Spatial Distribution of Urban Property Crime |
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land use and facilities and the spatial distribution of urban property crime |
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Lodz University Press |
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Iuridica |
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0208-6069 2450-2782 |
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2021-03-01 |
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The main research problem of this article is to check whether and how selected land use and facilities influence the spatial distribution of different kinds of urban thefts (and burglary) in Krakow. The analysis uses data on all crimes committed in Krakow in the years 2016–2018. Its results are generally consistent with the results of other similar studies in so far as they indicate a relationship between the increased criminal activity of perpetrators and the availability of potential victims or objects of attack. Both the higher density of crimes in general and theft in general occurred above all in facilities or in the immediate vicinity of facilities which accumulate large communities for various purposes (activity nodes) or in places which produce the high intensity of people flows (communication nodes). One land use and facilities coexist with an increased density of all types of thefts, while others coexist only with some of them. The results, however, seem inconsistent with the rational choice theory assumptions as high crime density rates were observed in the immediate vicinity of public and private monitoring cameras, as well as within 50 meters of police stations. |
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crime mapping spatial analysis of crime spatial statistics geographic information systems (gis) property crime |
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