Crime Risks Increase in Areas Proximate to Theme Parks: A Case Study of Crime Concentration in Orlando

Han, Sungil; Nobles, Matt R.; Piquero, Nicole Leeper

doi:10.1080/07418825.2019.1677935

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“…Jeju island is the most famous tourism destination in South Korea where more than 14 million tourists visited in 2018. Since tourism is considered to have a great impact on crime in areas (Han et al, 2019), the number of tourists each year needs to be included in the analysis as well for a more complete picture. 3 Second, this study is designed to focus on the positive effects of decentralized policing, whereas negative consequences such as an ineffective decision-making and resource allocation are not examined in the study.…”

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Is a Decentralized Police Organization a Better Option in a Modern Democratic Society? A Case Study From South Korea

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While western countries have had a decentralized policing model for many years, some countries, such as South Korea, still employ a centralized, national police department. Responding to calls for reform, South Korea launched a pilot program and implemented a more decentralized policing structure in Jeju Island in 2006. This study adds to the policing literature by offering the empirical comparison of a region before and after decentralization of a police department. This study will examine the intervention effects of police decentralization in Jeju, specifically related to crime rates, crime clearance rates, victimization, trust in police, and fear of crime. Using propensity score matching and interrupted time series analysis, this study found that the decentralized policing intervention significantly reduced total crime, violent crime rates, and property crime rates that lasted throughout the intervention period, while improving crime clearance rates for violent crime, as well as reduced fear of crime among residents.

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Is a Decentralized Police Organization a Better Option in a Modern Democratic Society? A Case Study From South Korea

2021

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“…Notes 1. To be sure, there is a wider set of studies that examine the crime/victimization risks around tourist-type locations, such as sporting arenas (Piquero et al, 2021;Kurland & Piza, 2018) and tourist theme parks (Han et al, 2019). This line of research however, does not focus on individual risk factors, which our study is centered upon.…”

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Low Self-Control, the Adventurer Personality, and Victimization: A Tourism Evaluation

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2021

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There is a dearth of research examining criminal victimization among tourists and travelers. Additionally, with the exception of the routine activities framework, none of the leading criminological perspectives have been applied to study tourism victimization. In this paper, we apply a dominant criminological perspective, self-control theory, and an emerging perspective on tourist personality inventory, the Jackson Tourist Personality Inventory, to examine risks of victimization among a sample of tourists. We also assess whether the adventurer tourist personality inventory influences risks of victimization beyond an individual's self-control. Employing three categories of victimization -personal victimization, property victimization, and other victimization -we found low self-control predicted two types of victimization (property victimization and other victimization) while the adventurer tourist personality type was a significant predictor of one type of victimization (property victimization). We also uncovered that the characteristics of an adventurer tourist were not related to victimization risks after a tourist's self-control has been taken into consideration. Finally, we found that under conditions of very low self-control, the adventurer tourist measure was related to property victimization. Theoretical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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“…From a spatial standpoint, places that draw large numbers of people to their locations for non-criminal purposes such as shopping centers and stadiums are known as crime generators (Brantingham and Brantingham, 1995). Research on sporting event arenas/ stadiums and theme parks have found their presence and events contribute to crime occurrence (Kurland et al, 2014;Rees and Schnepel, 2009;Vandeviver et al, 2019;Han et al, 2019). Crime generators create concentrations of targets that could tempt both residents and non-residents of criminal opportunities at those locations.…”

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Risk of robbery in a tourist destination: a monthly examination of Atlantic City, New Jersey

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Kennedy

Caplan

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify potential changes in crime generators and attractors based on monthly models in a high-tourist destination. Design/methodology/approach A risk terrain modeling approach was used to assess spatial relationships between 27 crime generator and attractor types in Atlantic City, New Jersey with robbery occurrence for the 2015 calendar year. In total, 12 separate monthly models were run to identify changes in risk factors based on the month of the year. Findings Results indicated unique significant risk factors based on the month of the year. Over the warmer and summer months, there was a shift in environmental risk factors that falls in line with more of a change in routine activities for residents and tourists and related situational contexts for the crime. Practical implications The analytical approach used in the current study could be used by police departments and jurisdictions to understand types of crime generators and attractors influencing local crime occurrence. Subsequent analyses were used by Atlantic City Police Department to direct place-based policing efforts. Originality/value With growing crime and place research that accounts for temporal scales, the authors advance these endeavors by focusing on a tourist destination, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Crime Risks Increase in Areas Proximate to Theme Parks: A Case Study of Crime Concentration in Orlando

Cited by 12 publications

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Is a Decentralized Police Organization a Better Option in a Modern Democratic Society? A Case Study From South Korea

Is a Decentralized Police Organization a Better Option in a Modern Democratic Society? A Case Study From South Korea

Low Self-Control, the Adventurer Personality, and Victimization: A Tourism Evaluation

Risk of robbery in a tourist destination: a monthly examination of Atlantic City, New Jersey

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