2017
DOI: 10.1108/pijpsm-06-2016-0079
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On to the next one? Using social network data to inform police target prioritization

Abstract: Purpose Target prioritization is routinely done among law enforcement agencies, but the criteria to establish which targets will lead to the most crime reduction are neither systematic, nor do they take into account the networks in which offenders are embedded. The purpose of this paper is to propose network capital as a guide for prioritization exercises. The approach simultaneously considers a participant’s network centrality and their crime-affiliated attributes. Design/methodology/approach Data on all po… Show more

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“…For example, Philadelphia police estimates the harm scores of violent crime offenders by aggregating the weighted scores of static factors like gravity of offence, severity of sentence and time decay [22]. In the case of gangs, network analysis is a better approach to identify influential targets, for instance, using capital scores and other network metrics [23]. However, network analysis suffers on account of missing links arising from untraced and unreported cases.…”
Section: Crime Constructionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For example, Philadelphia police estimates the harm scores of violent crime offenders by aggregating the weighted scores of static factors like gravity of offence, severity of sentence and time decay [22]. In the case of gangs, network analysis is a better approach to identify influential targets, for instance, using capital scores and other network metrics [23]. However, network analysis suffers on account of missing links arising from untraced and unreported cases.…”
Section: Crime Constructionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Summary of new roles of data in smart policing Network analysis calculates network capital from gang-related data for targeting the most instrumental criminals for their apprehension[23].• Predictive crime mapping applies machine learning tools (near repeats & risk terrain analysis) to directed data to forecast crime patterns for directed patrolling to prevent crime (e.g. PredPol, HunchLab etc)[24][25][26].…”
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“…The social capital approach requires the use of SNA which focuses on the computation for network measurements such as density and centralization, analysis of clusters and the measure of the centrality of individuals [18]- [20]. Centrality measures are able to identify critical actors in a criminal group [21]- [24].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%