Essays about: "crime pattern theory"
Found 3 essays containing the words crime pattern theory.
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1. Property Crime in The City and County of San Francisco 2016 - 2017 : Applying GIS to Crime Pattern Theory
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografiAbstract : This study’s aim is to reveal statistically significant hot spots and temporal patterns of property crime in the City and County of San Francisco and to also analyse the relationship between property crimes and the environment in which these crimes occur by using Geographic Information System (GIS). Crime pattern theory was used as the framework for the analysis of environmental surroundings and occurrence of crime. READ MORE
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2. Hot Spots of Robberies in the City of Malmö: A Qualitative Study of Five Hot Spots, Using the Routine Activity Theory, and Crime Pattern Theory
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)Abstract : Studies about hot spots of crimes have found that crimes are clustered; few places have many crimes. There is a consensus among criminologists that opportunities for crimes are important when explaining hot spots, at some places, there are more opportunities than at other places. The same applies for hot spots of robberies. READ MORE
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3. Geographic Profiling: A scientific tool or merely a guessing game?
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)Abstract : Geografisk profilering har blivit en av de mest kontroversiella och modernametoderna som används under brottsutredningar i nuläget. Framgången ochtillförlitligheten av metoden är ett debatterat ämne inom forskningsvärlden. Denhär studien ämnar att undersöka huruvida geografisk profilering är ett användbartverktyg för Polisen. READ MORE