Property crime on college campuses: A case study using GIS and related tools
Property crime on college campuses: A case study using GIS and related tools
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大学校园财产犯罪：使用 GIS 和相关工具的案例研究
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2014
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John J Sloan III
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Shelly A. McGrath;S. Perumean;John J Sloan III
大学校园的犯罪似乎与占据该空间的人的身体特征和惯例有关。环境犯罪学认为，节点--人们经常往返的地点--有助于解释犯罪在给定空间的分布。目前的研究使用24个月的警察事件数据来研究节点在解释大学校园财产犯罪分布中的作用。更具体地说，使用GIS和相关工具，我们比较了财产犯罪发生在校园内的一个主要医疗中心的位置与非医疗方面的位置的分布。结果显示，校园医疗区的财产犯罪发生率较高，且两个节点的犯罪模式存在时间、地点和季节差异。最后，我们讨论了地理信息系统在大学校园资源配置和犯罪预防策略的效用。
Crime on college campuses appears related to the physical characteristics and routines of the people occupying that space. Environmental criminology suggests that nodes – locations to and from which people routinely travel – help explain the distribution of crime in a given space. The current study examined the role of nodes in explaining the distribution of property crime on a college campus using 24 months of police incident data. More specifically, using GIS and related tools, we compared the distribution of property crime occurring at locations in a major medical center on the campus with locations in the non-medical side. Results revealed more property crime occurred on the medical side of campus and that differences existed in crime patterns for the two nodes based on time, location and season. We conclude by discussing the utility of GIS in allocating resources and crime prevention strategies for college campuses.