Where should police forces target their residential burglary reduction efforts? Using official victimisation data to predict burglary incidences at the neighbourhood level

Abstract Expected crime rates that enable police forces to contrast recorded and anticipated spatial patterns of crime victimisation offer a valuable tool in evaluating the under-reporting of crime and inform/guide crime reduction initiatives. Prior to this study, police forces had no access to expe...

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Main Authors: James Hunter, Bethany Ward, Andromachi Tseloni, Ken Pease
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Crime Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-021-00144-x