A Sentimental Journey to Crime

Effects of Residential History on Crime Location Choice

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9680342
AutoresWim Bernasco (0000-0002-3385-0883, Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume48
Fascículo2
Páginas389-416
Data de publicação2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCriminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00190.x
OpenAlexW2129425996
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas70
Referências citadas25

Many offenses take place close to where the offender lives. Anecdotal evidence suggests that offenders also might commit crimes near their former homes. Building on crime pattern theory and combining information from police records and other sources, this study confirms that offenders who commit robberies, residential burglaries, thefts from vehicles, and assaults are more likely to target their current and former residential areas than similar areas they never lived in. In support of the argument that spatial awareness mediates the effects of past and current residence, it also is shown that areas of past and present residence are more likely to be targeted if the offender lived in the area for a long time instead of briefly and if the offender has moved away from the area only recently rather than a long time ago. The theoretical implications of these findings and their use for investigative purposes are discussed, and suggestions for future inquiry are made

Argument (complex analysis · Commit · Criminal behaviour · Criminology · Political science · Residence · Residential area · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Demography · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses