Athletic contests and individual robberies: an analysis based on hourly crime data

Estimating the Spatial Distribution of Crime Events around a Football Stadium from Georeferenced Tweets

“…At the same time, various studies have explored changes in the temporal distribution of crime on football match days using hourly [16], daily [4,16] and seasonal [3,13] data. Using a similar methodology, the relationship between sporting events and crime incidents has been extended to demonstrate the temporal relationship, at the hourly level, between basketball games and robberies in Memphis, TN [17].…”

Should the Construction of New Professional Sports Facilities Be Subsidized?

“…Marie () and Yu et al. () took a different approach. Both analyze temporally and spatially disaggregated crime data from London and Memphis, Tennessee, respectively.…”

“…Yu et al. () used data on the number of robberies committed in each hour near a basketball arena used by both a professional and a college team in Memphis and the exact start time of games in 2010 and 2011.…”

“…The temporally disaggregated crime data used by Kalist and Lee (2016) likely explains the difference in results relative to Baumann et al (2012). Marie (2015) and Yu et al (2016) took a different approach. Both analyze temporally and spatially disaggregated crime data from London and Memphis, Tennessee, respectively.…”

“…Both exploit the exact timing of games to identify the relationship between games and crime. Marie (2015) used data on the number of crimes committed during six hour windows in 31 boroughs in London and the exact start and end time of professional soccer matches over the period October 1994to March 1997. Yu et al (2016 used data on the number of robberies committed in each hour near a basketball arena used by both a professional and a college team in Memphis and the exact start time of games in 2010 and 2011.…”