An Assessment of Police Officers’ Perception of Hotspots: What Can Be Done to Improve Officer’s Situational Awareness?

Ilijazi, Venezija; Milić, Nenad; Milidragović, Dragan; Popović, B.D.

doi:10.3390/ijgi8060260

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“…On the other hand, there has been a vast amount of research focusing purely on analysing and exploring patterns in recorded crime data [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] relating to the time of day and land use. This research combines the perceived crime data with recorded crime data in one analysis in order to explore the attributes of various parts of the selected city-Ostrava, Czech Republic.…”

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Comparing Residents’ Fear of Crime with Recorded Crime Data—Case Study of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Pánek

Ivan

Macková

2019

IJGI

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The fear of crime is an established research topic, not only in sociology, environmental psychology and criminology, but also in GIScience. Using spatial analysis to analyse patterns, explore hotspots and determine the significance of respective surveys is one reason for the increase in popularity of such research topics for geographers, cartographers and spatial data scientists. This paper presents the results of an intensive online map-based questionnaire with 1551 respondents from the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. The respondents marked 3792 points associated with the fear of crime over a ten week period. The perception data were compared with recorded crime data acquired from police department records for the years 2015–2018. This paper explores the spatial autocorrelation from perceived hotspots and from recorded crime hotspots. Our findings fit into the literature confirming results about the locations that most frequently attract fear, but there is still room for more investigations regarding the links between recorded crime and the fear of crime.

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Comparing Residents’ Fear of Crime with Recorded Crime Data—Case Study of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Pánek

Ivan

Macková

2019

IJGI

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“…Evidence has shown that the larger a population is, the higher the number of crimes will be [7,49,53], and a population density is also related to increased police presence. Police patrol activity can be very dynamic [54], and coinciding crime hotspots with the presence of police units may be indicative of police organization to tackle crime. However, this situation could also indicate that most police work does not focus on crime reduction but rather on respond to emergency situations [55].…”

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Types of Crime, Poverty, Population Density and Presence of Police in the Metropolitan District of Quito

Cabrera-Barona

Jiménez

Melo

2019

IJGI

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This exploratory study identifies spatial patterns of crimes and their associations with the index of Unsatisfied Basic Needs (UBN), with Communitarian Policy Units (CPU) density, as well as with population density. The case study is the Metropolitan District of Quito. Correlation analyses were applied between number of registers of each type of crime, and the UBN index, CPU density and population density measures. The spatial autocorrelation index of Getis-Ord Gi* was calculated to identify hotspots of the different types of crime. Ordinary least squares regressions and geographically weighted regressions considering types of crime as dependent variables, were calculated. Larceny and robbery were found to be the predominant crimes in the study area. An inverse relationship between the UBN index and number of crimes was identified for each type of crime, while positive relationships were found between crimes and CPU density, and between crimes and population density. Significant hotspots of fraud, homicide, larceny, murder, rape and robbery were found in all urban parishes. Additionally, crime hotspots were identified in eastern rural parishes adjacent to urban parishes. This study provides important implications for crime prevention in the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDQ), and the obtained results contribute to the ecology of crime research in the study area.

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“…A similar methodology for a perception-based study has been used in community and farmer’s perception studies (Shukla et al , 2018; Semenza et al , 2008; Vedwan and Rhoades, 2001; Tripathi and Singh, 2013). However, limited research (Ilijazi et al , 2019; Gupta et al , 2018; Nirupama and Etkin, 2012) is available on the perception of government officials, authorized for vital decisions on a regular basis that influences developmental planning and policies as they relate to climate change-induced disasters. Although the samples size of 41 represents a small proportion of the State Government officials, it does account for diverse age groups, varied work experiences and affiliation to different departments (Table 1).…”

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The role of perception of local government officials on climate change and resilient development: a case of Uttarakhand, India

Chondol

Panda

Gupta

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Purpose This paper aims to gain insight on the perception and role of the local government officials on climate change and resilience in Uttarakhand, India. Uttarakhand, being a sensitive mountainous region in India, faces the brunt of frequent climate-related disasters and their severe impacts. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how authorities perceive the issue of climate-related disasters and their level of commitment toward mitigation and adaptation programs. Design/methodology/approach The literature review method was used for a holistic understanding of the impact of climate change and consequential disasters. A questionnaire survey method, comprising open- and closed-ended questions, was also used on officials of different departments. Findings Among the noteworthy findings of the study include the understanding of the perceptions of authorities and their role in decision-making on mitigating impacts of climate change-related disasters, their support or lack of it, for measures toward capacity building and spreading awareness of the intervention programs by the government. The study analyzes the perception of decision-making officials at state and district levels and infers that the variation on opinions may be attributable to multiple factors, including their past experiences of dealing with disasters. Originality/value This study offers insights into the role of perception of local government officials concerning climate change-related disasters and alleviation of their consequences through related programs. The findings have the unique potential to serve as a guide for the government at state and district levels to assess various aspects of different disaster mitigation measures based on sectors and departments.

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An Assessment of Police Officers’ Perception of Hotspots: What Can Be Done to Improve Officer’s Situational Awareness?

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

Comparing Residents’ Fear of Crime with Recorded Crime Data—Case Study of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Comparing Residents’ Fear of Crime with Recorded Crime Data—Case Study of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Types of Crime, Poverty, Population Density and Presence of Police in the Metropolitan District of Quito

The role of perception of local government officials on climate change and resilient development: a case of Uttarakhand, India

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