Essays about: "GIS crime"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words GIS crime.

  1. 1. The Molly Maguires and the Detectives. : An analysis of the relationship between the use of undercover policingand violent labor conflict.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Constantin Torve; [2021]
    Keywords : Molly Maguires; Pinkertons; criminological history; labor unions; policing; Irish diaspora; migration; Pennsylvania;

    Abstract : This paper evaluates the role of private policing in the patterns of violence that were prevalent in the mining regions of eastern Pennsylvania during the 1860s and 1870s, and which were attributed to an Irish secret society called the “Molly Maguires”. This topic has long been subject to academic and political controversy, and the use of agent provocateur tactics by the Pinkerton agency has been strongly suggested, but never conclusively proven. READ MORE

  3. 2. The importance of crime severity for housing prices : Implementation of criminal harm weighting into the literature of crime and housing prices

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Jonathan Wrååk; [2021]
    Keywords : Hedonic price regression; Spatial analysis; Spatial Error model; GIS; R; Housing prices; Crime harm; Crime Harm Index; CHI; Crime weighting;

    Abstract : The empirical results from past research are quite clear. When the surrounding crime level goes up, housing prices go down. However, what has not been acknowledged in the previous literature is that different crimes might impact our willingness-to-pay heterogeneously. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Grid of Sweden - A Micro-unit Analysis of Vulnerable Neighborhoods

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Mia Puur; [2020]
    Keywords : Crime; Geography; Micro-places; Police authorities; Spatial analysis; Socio-demographic; Vulnerable neighborhoods;

    Abstract : Through a national collection, the Swedish Police identify and classify vulnerable neighborhoods. Areas are assessed through police perceptions regarding high concentrations of certain problems and criminal activity, such as public acts of violence with risk of harming third parties, open drug markets and organised crime structures. READ MORE

  5. 4. Assessing the threats against rural Sweden : An exploration of crimes against Swedish farmers related to animal production

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Jonatan Abraham; [2020]
    Keywords : rural crime; farm crime; animal production; sustainable rural development; situational crime prevention; routine activity; techniques of neutralization;

    Abstract : In the discourse of crime and place, the focus has rarely fallen on rural crime. While experiencing comparably lower crime levels than urban counterparts, the common association with rural areas as being symbols of peace and friendly social interaction is not necessarily accurate. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Spatial Analysis of Homicide Crime’s Distribution and Association with Deprivation in Stockholm Between 2010-2017

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Dennis Lindell Schettini; [2019]
    Keywords : GIS; homicide; deprivation; hot spot; generalized regression; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : A Spatial Analysis of Homicide Crime’s Distribution and Association with Deprivation in Stockholm Between 2010-2017 Homicide crimes are rare events depending on numerous factors and tend to be distributed differently based on geographic location. The use of spatial analysis is substantively important for detecting different predictors in varying geographic areas and for the diffusion process of homicide crimes. READ MORE