书目名称 | Putting Crime in its Place | 副标题 | Units of Analysis in | 编辑 | David Weisburd,Wim Bernasco,Gerben J.N. Bruinsma | 视频video | | 概述 | Well-defined focus on how one should go about choosing a level of aggregation in research of crime at places.Provides real-life examples and applications about how this is resolved in cutting edge res | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Putting Crime in its Place: Units of Analysis in Geographic Criminology. focuses on the units of analysis used in geographic criminology. While crime and place studies have been a part of criminology from the early 19.th. century, growing interest in crime places over the last two decades demands critical reflection on the units of analysis that should form the focus of geographic analysis of crime. Should the focus be on very small units such as street addresses or street segments, or on larger aggregates such as census tracts or communities? Academic researchers, as well as practical crime analysts, are confronted routinely with the dilemma of deciding what the unit of analysis should be when reporting on trends in crime, when identifying crime hot spots or when mapping crime in cities. In place-based crime prevention, the choice of the level of aggregation plays a particularly critical role. This peer reviewed collection of essays aims to contribute to crime and place studies by making explicit the problems involved in choosing units of analysis in geographic criminology. Written by renowned experts in the field, the chapters in this book address basic academic questions, and a | 出版日期 | Book 20091st edition | 关键词 | Crime; Crime Analysis; Crime Prevention; Criminology; Violence; computational criminology; crime diffusion | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09688-9 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4419-0973-2 | isbn_ebook | 978-0-387-09688-9 | copyright | Springer-Verlag New York 2009 |
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