| Abstrakt: |
Recent trends in crime and place research emphasize a micro-level focus on the concentration, stability, and patrollability of crime hot spots. Empirical findings consistently suggest that hot spots are disproportionate in crime concentration, are time stable, and have high crime reduction potential for place-based interventions. Due to a growing literature on hot spot identification techniques, research may be overcomplicating and underestimating the degree to which these concepts manifest, creating unnecessary challenges to crime prevention strategies. The current study analyzes robbery in three cities to determine whether crime hot spot concentration, stability, and patrollability observed at different hot spot aggregations (1%, 0.1%, and the "Top 10") have characteristics that make them amenable to more efficient crime-reduction initiatives at smaller aggregations. Collectively, current findings suggest that "Top 10" Policing, which focuses on just the 10 most criminogenic hot spots within an agency's jurisdiction, could have a meaningful impact on overall crime rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
