Problem-Oriented Guides for Police, Problem-Specific Guides Series No. 1: Assaults in and Around Bars, 2nd Edition

Scott, Mike; Dedel, Kelly

doi:10.1037/e563142006-001

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“…There is a longstanding recognition that the locations of alcohol consumption and crime co-occur (Gorman, Speer, Gruenewald, & Labouvie, 2001;Home Office, 2003;Scott and Dedel, 2006;Newton and Hirschfield, 2009a). This often fuels the wider debate over the 'causal' versus 'non-causal' relationship between alcohol and crime (Dingwall, 2013;Horvath and Le Boutillier, 2014).…”

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Crime and the NTE: multi-classification crime (MCC) hot spots in time and space

Newton

2015

Crime Sci

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This paper examines crime hot spots near licensed premises in the night-time economy (NTE) to investigate whether hot spots of four different classification of crime and disorder co-occur in time and place, namely violence, disorder, drugs and criminal damage. It introduces the concept of multi-classification crime (MCC) hot spots; the presence of hot spots of more than one crime classification at the same place. Furthermore, it explores the temporal patterns of identified MCC hot spots, to determine if they exhibit distinct spatio-temporal patterns. Getis Ord (GI*) hot spot analysis was used to identify locations of statistically significant hot spots of each of the four crime and disorder classifications. Strong spatial correlations were found between licensed premises and each of the four crime and disorder classifications analysed. MCC hot spots were also identified near licensed premises. Temporal profiling of the MCC hot spots revealed all four crime types were simultaneously present in time and place, near licensed premises, on Friday through Sunday in the early hours of the morning around premise closing times. At other times, criminal damage and drugs hot spots were found to occur earlier in the evening, and disorder and violence at later time periods. Criminal damage and drug hot spots flared for shorter time periods, 2-3 h, whereas disorder and violence hot spots were present for several hours. There was a small spatial lag between Friday and Saturday, with offences occurring approximately 1 h later on Saturdays. The implications of these findings for hot spot policing are discussed.

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Crime and the NTE: multi-classification crime (MCC) hot spots in time and space

Newton

2015

Crime Sci

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“…Considering that johns are highly mobile, often operating out of cars or on foot, they may draw less attention from law enforcement. As a consequence, johns may be able to obviate the wide range of situational crime prevention strategies employed to reduce levels of street prostitution (Matthews, 1993(Matthews, , 1997Norton-Hawk, 2001;Sagar, 2005;Scott & Dedel, 2006).…”

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“…In addition, johns use these methods to describe and warn others about the presence of law enforcement or particularly active community groups in a given area (see Holt & Blevins, 2007). As a result, these on-line forums can provide insight into the nature of displacement and the methods johns use to obviate the wide range of targeted law enforcement strategies to reduce levels of street prostitution (see Matthews, 1993Matthews, , 1997Norton-Hawk, 2001;Sagar, 2005;Scott & Dedel, 2006). Web forums have become an increasingly important resource to understand offender behavior, as they enable direct and observable communications between individuals to discuss a variety of topics (see Holt, 2007;Mann & Sutton, 1998).…”

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“…These studies suggested that criminal behavior could be very difficult to reduce, particularly for the illegal sex trade (Murphy & Venkatesh, 2006;Scott & Dedel, 2006;Weidner, 2001;Weisburd et al, 2006). Prostitution is a particular concern for law enforcement as this crime is linked with a variety of problems, including community disorder, person crimes, drugs, and violence (Scott & Dedel, 2006). Despite a wide range of law enforcement initiatives, the illicit sex trade persists due in part to the mobile nature of this crime and participants' knowledge of law enforcement activity (Murphy & Venkatesh, 2006;Weisburd et al, 2006).…”

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Analyzing the Influence of Micro-Level Factors on CCTV Camera Effect

2013

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Objectives Despite the popularity of closed circuit television (CCTV), evidence of its crime prevention capabilities is inconclusive. Research has largely reported CCTV effect as ''mixed'' without explaining this variance. The current study contributes to the literature by testing the influence of several micro-level factors on changes in crime levels within CCTV areas of Newark, NJ. Methods Viewsheds, denoting the line-of-sight of CCTV cameras, were units of analysis (N = 117). Location quotients, controlling for viewshed size and control-area crime incidence, measured changes in the levels of six crime categories, from the pre-installation period to the post-installation period. Ordinary least squares regression models tested the influence of specific micro-level factors-environmental features, camera line-of-sight, enforcement activity, and camera design-on each crime category. Results First, the influence of environmental features differed across crime categories, with specific environs being related to the reduction of certain crimes and the increase of others. Second, CCTV-generated enforcement was related to the reduction of overall crime, violent crime and theft-from-auto. Third, obstructions to CCTV line-of-sight caused by immovable objects were related to increased levels of auto theft and decreased levels of violent crime, theft from auto and robbery. Conclusions The findings suggest that CCTV operations should be designed in a manner that heightens their deterrent effect. Specifically, police should account for the presence of crime generators/attractors and ground-level obstructions when selecting camera sites, and design the operational strategy in a manner that generates maximum levels of enforcement.

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Problem-Oriented Guides for Police, Problem-Specific Guides Series No. 1: Assaults in and Around Bars, 2nd Edition

Cited by 12 publications

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Crime and the NTE: multi-classification crime (MCC) hot spots in time and space

Crime and the NTE: multi-classification crime (MCC) hot spots in time and space

Examining the displacement practices of johns with on-line data

Analyzing the Influence of Micro-Level Factors on CCTV Camera Effect

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