The Deterrent Effect of Terrorist Incidents on the Rates of Luggage Theft in Railway and Underground Stations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene Trivizas (University of Reading), P T Smith (International Centre for Comparative Criminology) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-74 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014150 |
| OpenAlex | W2049546989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The study reported here considers the deterrent effect of terrorist incidents on the rates of luggage theft in railway and underground stations. We selected for our task a well-publicized major terrorist incident that took place on 18 February 1991. The analysis of the data shows that in the periods immediately following the terrorist incident there was a sharp but short-lasting decline in the number of cases of luggage theft. This indicates that either increased police vigilance, or the fear of potential thieves that items of luggage might contain explosives, produces a definite if short-lived deterrent effect
Computer security · Criminology · Political science · Terrorism · Vigilance (psychology) · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Engineering · Law · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |