Michael Leitner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4216451 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Leitner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Leitner |
| SIGNATURE | LEITNER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1204-0822 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Impact of the wildland–urban interface on large carnivore damage in the Polish Carpathians
Large carnivore populations are recovering across Europe, likely influencing human–wildlife interactions in the areas where both human and carnivore activity overlap, like wildland–urban interface (WUI). We analyzed over 3500 cases of damage caused by brown bears, wolves, and lynx in the Polish Carpathians (2010–2017) to identify spatial and temporal hot spots and their determinants. Wolf damage was associated with sheep density and historical WU…
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Nighttime Crimes in Vienna, Austria
Studying the spatiotemporal dynamics of crime is crucial for accurate crime geography research. While studies have examined crime patterns related to weekdays, seasons, and specific events, there is a noticeable gap in research on nighttime crimes. This study focuses on crimes occurring during the nighttime, investigating the temporal definition of nighttime crime and the correlation between nighttime lights and criminal activities. The study con…
Gendered perceptions and socio-economic and spatial determinants of fear of crime
The study of the fear of crime phenomenon provides a socially and politically important research question. Many studies show that gender differentiates the fear of crime, which is why we examine this phenomenon in a spatial perspective. The female versus male perspective of feelings of safety in residential areas were significantly different. The research was carried out using the CAWI technique in the city of Szczecin, in Poland (n=346). The res…
Measuring Spatial Access of Vulnerable Population to HIV Testing Facilities in the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area, Louisiana
Multiscale Analysis of Spatial Accessibility to Acute Hospitals in Carinthia, Austria
Health care accessibility studies are well established in the US but lacking in Austria, even though both experience high costs and have hospital care as the largest contributor to health care spending. This study aims to examine multiscale spatial accessibility to acute hospitals in Carinthia, Austria. Using the most recent data at census block and 250 meter grid levels, we refine proximity and generalized two-step floating catchment area (G2SFC…
Effectiveness of CCTV systems as a crime preventive tool
Based on data from eight Polish cities, we tested if closed-circuit television (CCTV) monitoring systems are effective in crime reduction and if the CCTV monitoring effects are durable. In a quasi-experimental method, we applied police data about four types of crime incidents in 2005–2014 as well as camera location. A preventive effect appeared in 10 of 17 of analysed paired treatment/comparison areas. The overall mean effect appears modest. In t…
Applying Spatial Video Geonarratives and Physiological Measurements to Explore Perceived Safety in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Spatial crime analysis, together with perceived (crime) safety analysis have tremendously benefitted from Geographic Information Science (GISc) and the application of geospatial technology. This research study discusses a novel methodological approach to document the use of emerging geospatial technologies to explore perceived urban safety from the lenses of fear of crime or crime perception in the city of Baton Rouge, USA. The mixed techniques i…
Impact of metropolization on the crime structure (case study of provincial capitals in Poland)
The aim of this study is to verify the hypothesis that the rapid metropolization process that has been taking place in large Polish cities since the beginning of the second phase of post-communist transition in 2000 leads to their socio-economic diversity, which is manifested, among others, in the differentiation of the level and structure of crime. Introduced into the discourse of this paper are subsequent stages of metropolization, which are ca…
Urban Crime Mapping and Analysis Using GIS
On 22 April 2018, the authors were invited by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof [...]
Evaluating Temporal Approximation Methods Using Burglary Data
Law enforcement is very interested in knowing when a crime has happened. Unfortunately, the occurrence time of a crime is often not exactly known. In such circumstances, estimating the most likely time that a crime has happened is crucial for spatio-temporal analysis. The main purpose of this research is to introduce two novel temporal approximation methods, termed retrospective temporal analysis (RTA) and extended retrospective temporal analysis…
Dispersal in Plants and Animals
Using tweets to understand changes in the spatial crime distribution for hockey events in Vancouver
The use of social media data for the spatial analysis of crime patterns during social events has proven to be instructive. This study analyzes the geography of crime considering hockey game days, criminal behaviour, and Twitter activity. Specifically, we consider the relationship between geolocated crime-related Twitter activity and crime. We analyze six property crime types that are aggregated to the dissemination area base unit in Vancouver, fo…
Population at risk
Population at risk of crime varies due to the characteristics of a population as well as the crime generator and attractor places where crime is located. This establishes different crime opportunities for different crimes. However, there are very few efforts of modeling structures that derive spatiotemporal population models to allow accurate assessment of population exposure to crime. This study develops population models to depict the spatial d…
Geographic information science and technology at Louisiana State University
The research and education in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GISc & T) at Louisiana State University (LSU, www.lsu.edu) has been necessitated by its geographical location in the sou
Evaluating conflict mitigation and health improvement through soccer
War not only has a direct impact on health through its direct physical consequences but also through the stress experienced by all those directly and indirectly affected by it. Therefore, conflict mitigation efforts can make a significant positive impact on health. In Israel, a country that has experienced a great deal of conflict, utilizing sports to foster peaceful relations and coexistence is an idea that has gained popularity in recent years.…
A two-year study on the effects of the friendship games on attitudes towards Arabs and Jews
The Friendship Games is a one-week event held in the resort city of Eilat, Israel. Quantitative research was conducted on the male and female basketball players from Europe, Jordan, Palestine and Jewish and Arab players from Israel who participated in the 2012 event held from 1 June to 8 June. Qualitative research was conducted on the 2013 event that was held from 31 May to 6 June. The event brings Arab and Jewish Israeli college-age athletes tog…
Why Does Geoprivacy Matter? The Scientific Publication of Confidential Data Presented on Maps
We examined published maps containing sensitive data, and the protection methods, if any, that were used. We investigated whether the many published warnings about disclosure risk have been effective in reducing privacy risk. During an 8-year period (2005-2012), 19 journals related to GIScience, geography, spatial crime analysis, and health geography were examined. We identified 41 articles that display actual confidential information and 16 arti…
Introduction to “Geographic information science
Geographic Information Science (GISc) is a relatively young discipline whose research body revolves around Geographic Information System (GIS) research, technology, and service (Goodchild 1992). Th
Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies
Recent years in North America have seen a rapid development in the area of crime analysis and mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Justice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, development, and dissemination of GIS technology. The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional Crime Analysis System (CAS) with standardized data c…
The effects of three Israeli sports programs on attitudes of Arabs and Jews toward one another
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to fill in a gap in the research literature on the subject of evaluation of coexistence programs
Visualization of social media
Accuracy and privacy aspects in free online reverse geocoding services
Reverse geocoding is defined as the extraction of textual information, such as a name or an address, from geographic coordinates. This technique is common in many geo-application scenarios, e.g., in freely available online-based mapping services. However, if personal data are mapped, confidentiality issues may arise, such as if the data are derived from a crime-incidents database. This research provides an evaluation of seven freely available Web…
Exploration of unstructured narrative crime reports
Crime intelligence analysis and criminal investigations are increasingly making use of geospatial methodologies to improve tactical and strategic decision-making. However, the full potential of geospatial technologies is yet to be exploited. In particular, geospatial technology currently applied by law enforcement is somewhat limited in handling the increasing volume of police recorded and relatively unstructured narrative crime reports, such as …
Data-Driven Regionalization of Housing Markets
This article presents a data-driven framework for housing market segmentation. Local marginal house price surfaces are investigated by means of mixed geographically weighted regression and are reduced to a set of principal component maps, which in turn serve as input for spatial regionalization. The out-of-sample prediction error of a hedonic pricing model is applied to determine a “near-optimal” number of spatially coherent and homogeneous subma…
Photoacoustic imaging using an adaptive interferometer with a photorefractive crystal
In this paper we report on remote three‐dimensional photoacoustic imaging without the need for a coupling agent or other aids (e.g. detector foils) by utilizing a two‐wave mixing interferometer (TWMI). In this technique the beams coming from sample and reference are brought to interfere in a Bi 12 SiO 20 photorefractive crystal (PRC). Such a setup allows the measurement of ultrasonic displacements on rough sample surfaces. After data acquisition …
Postsuburban Spatial Evolution of Vienna's Urban Fringe
Metropolitan areas today are faced with pervasive changes of their urban spatial structure and are reshaped by postsuburbanization processes. In this study, one example of such postsuburban restructuring, the multinucleated monofunctional clustering of higher-order services, is investigated in the urban fringe of Vienna, Austria. The methodological framework uses microgeographic data for 2006 and applies a case-control point process modeling appr…
Data-Driven Regionalization of Housing Markets
This article presents a data-driven framework for housing market segmentation. Local marginal house price surfaces are investigated by means of mixed geographically weighted regression and are reduced to a set of principal component maps, which in turn serve as input for spatial regionalization. The out-of-sample prediction error of a hedonic pricing model is applied to determine a “near-optimal” number of spatially coherent and homogeneous subma…
The Impact of Hurricanes on Crime
The impact that natural disasters have on crime is not well understood. In general, it is assumed that crime declines shortly after the disaster and slowly increases to pre-disaster levels over time. However, this assumption is not always confirmed by the few empirical studies that have been conducted to date. In this paper we analyze the impacts that Hurricane Rita, and for the purpose of comparison, Hurricane Katrina had on the temporal and spa…
Guidelines for the Display of Attribute Certainty
This research investigates how the inclusion of attribute certainty in map displays influences GIS modeling and spatial decision support. The goal is to establish empirical evidence documenting graphical guidelines that can be incorporated as GIS system defaults for mapping attribute certainty. Value, texture, and saturation appear as visual variables associated with the depiction of attribute certainty. These three variables, in addition to the …
The effects of three Israeli sports programs on attitudes of Arabs and Jews toward one another
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to fill in a gap in the research literature on the subject of evaluation of coexistence programs
Accuracy and privacy aspects in free online reverse geocoding services
Reverse geocoding is defined as the extraction of textual information, such as a name or an address, from geographic coordinates. This technique is common in many geo-application scenarios, e.g., in freely available online-based mapping services. However, if personal data are mapped, confidentiality issues may arise, such as if the data are derived from a crime-incidents database. This research provides an evaluation of seven freely available Web…
Why Does Geoprivacy Matter? The Scientific Publication of Confidential Data Presented on Maps
We examined published maps containing sensitive data, and the protection methods, if any, that were used. We investigated whether the many published warnings about disclosure risk have been effective in reducing privacy risk. During an 8-year period (2005-2012), 19 journals related to GIScience, geography, spatial crime analysis, and health geography were examined. We identified 41 articles that display actual confidential information and 16 arti…
Population at risk
Population at risk of crime varies due to the characteristics of a population as well as the crime generator and attractor places where crime is located. This establishes different crime opportunities for different crimes. However, there are very few efforts of modeling structures that derive spatiotemporal population models to allow accurate assessment of population exposure to crime. This study develops population models to depict the spatial d…
A two-year study on the effects of the friendship games on attitudes towards Arabs and Jews
The Friendship Games is a one-week event held in the resort city of Eilat, Israel. Quantitative research was conducted on the male and female basketball players from Europe, Jordan, Palestine and Jewish and Arab players from Israel who participated in the 2012 event held from 1 June to 8 June. Qualitative research was conducted on the 2013 event that was held from 31 May to 6 June. The event brings Arab and Jewish Israeli college-age athletes tog…
Visualization of social media
Exploration of unstructured narrative crime reports
Crime intelligence analysis and criminal investigations are increasingly making use of geospatial methodologies to improve tactical and strategic decision-making. However, the full potential of geospatial technologies is yet to be exploited. In particular, geospatial technology currently applied by law enforcement is somewhat limited in handling the increasing volume of police recorded and relatively unstructured narrative crime reports, such as …
Impact of the wildland–urban interface on large carnivore damage in the Polish Carpathians
Large carnivore populations are recovering across Europe, likely influencing human–wildlife interactions in the areas where both human and carnivore activity overlap, like wildland–urban interface (WUI). We analyzed over 3500 cases of damage caused by brown bears, wolves, and lynx in the Polish Carpathians (2010–2017) to identify spatial and temporal hot spots and their determinants. Wolf damage was associated with sheep density and historical WU…
Effectiveness of CCTV systems as a crime preventive tool
Based on data from eight Polish cities, we tested if closed-circuit television (CCTV) monitoring systems are effective in crime reduction and if the CCTV monitoring effects are durable. In a quasi-experimental method, we applied police data about four types of crime incidents in 2005–2014 as well as camera location. A preventive effect appeared in 10 of 17 of analysed paired treatment/comparison areas. The overall mean effect appears modest. In t…
Impact of metropolization on the crime structure (case study of provincial capitals in Poland)
The aim of this study is to verify the hypothesis that the rapid metropolization process that has been taking place in large Polish cities since the beginning of the second phase of post-communist transition in 2000 leads to their socio-economic diversity, which is manifested, among others, in the differentiation of the level and structure of crime. Introduced into the discourse of this paper are subsequent stages of metropolization, which are ca…
Using tweets to understand changes in the spatial crime distribution for hockey events in Vancouver
The use of social media data for the spatial analysis of crime patterns during social events has proven to be instructive. This study analyzes the geography of crime considering hockey game days, criminal behaviour, and Twitter activity. Specifically, we consider the relationship between geolocated crime-related Twitter activity and crime. We analyze six property crime types that are aggregated to the dissemination area base unit in Vancouver, fo…
Evaluating conflict mitigation and health improvement through soccer
War not only has a direct impact on health through its direct physical consequences but also through the stress experienced by all those directly and indirectly affected by it. Therefore, conflict mitigation efforts can make a significant positive impact on health. In Israel, a country that has experienced a great deal of conflict, utilizing sports to foster peaceful relations and coexistence is an idea that has gained popularity in recent years.…
Software Review
As a Windows-based application, GeoDa 0.9.5-i is now much more user-friendly compared to its predecessor, the SpaceStat package and its Arc View Extension, DynESDA. GeoDa provides some very useful tools for doing exploratory spatial data analysis, including dynamically linked windows and data brushing. As a stand-alone program, it has a variety of options for data manipulation and transformation, mapping, exploratory spatial data analysis, spatia…
Peace-Making Through Recreation
Enabling Tourism for Low-Functioning Elders and their Spouses
This section is devoted to research notes, conference resumes and other significant research events. Two copies of write-ups; not exceeding 1,000 words, may be mailed to the Section Editor, Associate Professor Rose K. Dowlitig, School of Marketing and Tourism, Faculty of Business, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, WA 6027, Australia. In all cases, one copy of the report should be mailed to the Chief Editor, TRR.Although tourism is an enjo…
Promoting Peace Through Intergenerational Tourism
This article advocates the concept of intergenerational tourism as a means of promoting peace, and provides a specific example of this concept put into practice. During the spring 1998 semester, Israel Arab and Jewish elders, together with Jewish and Arab college students, and Arab girls aged 12 and 13 joined together to participate in a programme of recreational activities which included a variety of games and other activities. Pre-test question…
Guidelines for the Display of Attribute Certainty
This research investigates how the inclusion of attribute certainty in map displays influences GIS modeling and spatial decision support. The goal is to establish empirical evidence documenting graphical guidelines that can be incorporated as GIS system defaults for mapping attribute certainty. Value, texture, and saturation appear as visual variables associated with the depiction of attribute certainty. These three variables, in addition to the …
Geoforensic Analysis Revisited—The Application of Newton’s Geographic Profiling Method to Serial Burglaries in London, UK
The geoforensic analysis method is one of the earliest criminal geographic profiling models introduced by Newton in the late 1980s. The literature on geographic profiling acknowledges its existence, however, its methodological approach remains mostly unknown. The two main contributions of this research are first, to fill the gap in the spatial crime analysis and geographic profiling literature and second, to evaluate the applicability of the geof…
Cartography 2007
Software Review
As a Windows-based application, GeoDa 0.9.5-i is now much more user-friendly compared to its predecessor, the SpaceStat package and its Arc View Extension, DynESDA. GeoDa provides some very useful tools for doing exploratory spatial data analysis, including dynamically linked windows and data brushing. As a stand-alone program, it has a variety of options for data manipulation and transformation, mapping, exploratory spatial data analysis, spatia…
Postsuburban Spatial Evolution of Vienna's Urban Fringe
Metropolitan areas today are faced with pervasive changes of their urban spatial structure and are reshaped by postsuburbanization processes. In this study, one example of such postsuburban restructuring, the multinucleated monofunctional clustering of higher-order services, is investigated in the urban fringe of Vienna, Austria. The methodological framework uses microgeographic data for 2006 and applies a case-control point process modeling appr…
The Impact of Hurricanes on Crime
The impact that natural disasters have on crime is not well understood. In general, it is assumed that crime declines shortly after the disaster and slowly increases to pre-disaster levels over time. However, this assumption is not always confirmed by the few empirical studies that have been conducted to date. In this paper we analyze the impacts that Hurricane Rita, and for the purpose of comparison, Hurricane Katrina had on the temporal and spa…
Photoacoustic imaging using an adaptive interferometer with a photorefractive crystal
In this paper we report on remote three‐dimensional photoacoustic imaging without the need for a coupling agent or other aids (e.g. detector foils) by utilizing a two‐wave mixing interferometer (TWMI). In this technique the beams coming from sample and reference are brought to interfere in a Bi 12 SiO 20 photorefractive crystal (PRC). Such a setup allows the measurement of ultrasonic displacements on rough sample surfaces. After data acquisition …
Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies
Recent years in North America have seen a rapid development in the area of crime analysis and mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Justice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, development, and dissemination of GIS technology. The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional Crime Analysis System (CAS) with standardized data c…
The effects of three Israeli sports programs on attitudes of Arabs and Jews toward one another
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to fill in a gap in the research literature on the subject of evaluation of coexistence programs
Visualization of social media
Accuracy and privacy aspects in free online reverse geocoding services
Reverse geocoding is defined as the extraction of textual information, such as a name or an address, from geographic coordinates. This technique is common in many geo-application scenarios, e.g., in freely available online-based mapping services. However, if personal data are mapped, confidentiality issues may arise, such as if the data are derived from a crime-incidents database. This research provides an evaluation of seven freely available Web…
Exploration of unstructured narrative crime reports
Crime intelligence analysis and criminal investigations are increasingly making use of geospatial methodologies to improve tactical and strategic decision-making. However, the full potential of geospatial technologies is yet to be exploited. In particular, geospatial technology currently applied by law enforcement is somewhat limited in handling the increasing volume of police recorded and relatively unstructured narrative crime reports, such as …
Data-Driven Regionalization of Housing Markets
This article presents a data-driven framework for housing market segmentation. Local marginal house price surfaces are investigated by means of mixed geographically weighted regression and are reduced to a set of principal component maps, which in turn serve as input for spatial regionalization. The out-of-sample prediction error of a hedonic pricing model is applied to determine a “near-optimal” number of spatially coherent and homogeneous subma…
A two-year study on the effects of the friendship games on attitudes towards Arabs and Jews
The Friendship Games is a one-week event held in the resort city of Eilat, Israel. Quantitative research was conducted on the male and female basketball players from Europe, Jordan, Palestine and Jewish and Arab players from Israel who participated in the 2012 event held from 1 June to 8 June. Qualitative research was conducted on the 2013 event that was held from 31 May to 6 June. The event brings Arab and Jewish Israeli college-age athletes tog…
Why Does Geoprivacy Matter? The Scientific Publication of Confidential Data Presented on Maps
We examined published maps containing sensitive data, and the protection methods, if any, that were used. We investigated whether the many published warnings about disclosure risk have been effective in reducing privacy risk. During an 8-year period (2005-2012), 19 journals related to GIScience, geography, spatial crime analysis, and health geography were examined. We identified 41 articles that display actual confidential information and 16 arti…
Introduction to “Geographic information science
Geographic Information Science (GISc) is a relatively young discipline whose research body revolves around Geographic Information System (GIS) research, technology, and service (Goodchild 1992). Th
Geographic information science and technology at Louisiana State University
The research and education in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GISc & T) at Louisiana State University (LSU, www.lsu.edu) has been necessitated by its geographical location in the sou
Evaluating conflict mitigation and health improvement through soccer
War not only has a direct impact on health through its direct physical consequences but also through the stress experienced by all those directly and indirectly affected by it. Therefore, conflict mitigation efforts can make a significant positive impact on health. In Israel, a country that has experienced a great deal of conflict, utilizing sports to foster peaceful relations and coexistence is an idea that has gained popularity in recent years.…
Population at risk
Population at risk of crime varies due to the characteristics of a population as well as the crime generator and attractor places where crime is located. This establishes different crime opportunities for different crimes. However, there are very few efforts of modeling structures that derive spatiotemporal population models to allow accurate assessment of population exposure to crime. This study develops population models to depict the spatial d…
Dispersal in Plants and Animals
Using tweets to understand changes in the spatial crime distribution for hockey events in Vancouver
The use of social media data for the spatial analysis of crime patterns during social events has proven to be instructive. This study analyzes the geography of crime considering hockey game days, criminal behaviour, and Twitter activity. Specifically, we consider the relationship between geolocated crime-related Twitter activity and crime. We analyze six property crime types that are aggregated to the dissemination area base unit in Vancouver, fo…
Urban Crime Mapping and Analysis Using GIS
On 22 April 2018, the authors were invited by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof [...]
Geography (23 works) · Computer Science (18 works) · Cartography (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Criminology (10 works) · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (10 works) · Data science (8 works)