Abstract:
Crime does not occur randomly or uniformly across time, space, or social groups. The near-repeat phenomenon states that the risk of repeat victimization would increase at...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Crime does not occur randomly or uniformly across time, space, or social groups. The near-repeat phenomenon states that the risk of repeat victimization would increase at the nearby locations within a certain time period. The empirical evidence of near-repeat patterns has been widely reported in many different crime types across the world. Meanwhile, the growing ability to connect anywhere and anytime has led to the increasing use of social network analytics. In particular, social network analytics have been applied to the studies of criminal networks. This paper integrates near repeat and social network approaches on exploring spatiotemporal crime patterns. The spatiotemporal burglary data in five boroughs (the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan and Queen) of NYC were analyzed and compared based on average clustering coefficient, degree centrality, closeness centrality, and closeness centrality. Furthermore, the implications and limitations of the findings are presented.
Published in: 2017 25th International Conference on Geoinformatics
Date of Conference: 02-04 August 2017
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 02 November 2017
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Electronic ISSN: 2161-0258