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9 results foundAuthor: Weaver, Gary Title: Home Invasions & Identity Theft: The Role of Asian Gangs Summary: This project provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of Asian home invasions (residential robbery) to better understand the criminal modus operandi involved in Asian home invasions. It provides a profile of suspects committing home invasions, and describes characteristics of victims of home invasions. This analysis has two principal components: 1) interviews with police officials and gang members and 2) the examination of fifty-five cases of home invasion in four states. The study proposes recommendations to enhance practices of criminal investigation, suggests new policies in crime prevention and investigation, and suggests new public policy initiatives in crime prevention to owners of individual residences and small businesses. Details: Bethesda, MD: Center for Asian Crime Studies, International Association of Asian Crime Investigators, 2004. 105p. Source: Internet Resource; Prepared for The County of Orange, California Year: 2004 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118675 Keywords: Asian GangsAsian Organized CrimeCrime PreventionResidential BurglaryRobbery |
Author: Lee, Seungmug Title: The Impact of Home Burglar Alarm Systems on Residential Burglaries Summary: This study examined the impact of home burglar alarms on residential burglaries in Newark, New Jersey during 2001 to 2005. Specifically, it examined: 1) the overall relationship between burglar alarms and residential burglaries over these years; 2) the relationships of burglar alarms and residential burglaries to demographic, socio-economic, and housing character indicators; 3) the spatial relationship between burglar alarms and residential burglaries using autocorrelation and clustering methods; and 4) the possible consequences of burglar alarms in terms of displacement of residential burglaries or diffusion of benefits. Details: Newark, NJ: Graduate Program in Criminal Justice, Rutgers, The State ofUniversity, 2008. 339p. Source: Dissertation Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 114904 Keywords: Burglar AlarmsBurglarsCrimeDisplacementPreventionResidential BurglarySecurity |
Author: Olckers, Casparus Title: An Examination of the Impact of Residential Security Measures on the Incidence of Residential Burglary in Two Selected Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg: A Security Risk Management Approach Summary: This project was of specific importance to the private security industry, victims of residential burglary, community policing forums and the South African Police Service in providing detailed information regarding recommendations of how to manage and combat residential burglary in two selected northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Problem statement Residential burglary is categorised in the top three highest reported crimes according to the official South African Police Service statistics for the 2006/7 financial years. A series of victim interviews, docket analysis, case plotting and residential security audit surveys were conducted to determine the extent (or lack thereof) of security measures at a burgled residence in the selected area. Approach Field data was collected through docket analysis, plotting crime scenes (descriptive mapping), victim interviews and residential security audit surveys. Results The majority of victims of burglary interviewed did not have the minimum security system (integrated measures) in place. Those victims, who had security measures, appeared not to have made or implemented effective use of them. Conclusion Security at a residence extends beyond just the immediate house area and the focus (security risk assessment) should start with the immediate neighbourhood (community) area working inwards towards the property perimeter (boundary), inner perimeter (garden area) and then finally the immediate house area. Details: Pretoria: University of South Africa, 2007. 335p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 3, 2011 at: http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/1276 Year: 2007 Country: South Africa URL: http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/1276 Shelf Number: 122290 Keywords: Private Security IndustryResidential BurglaryResidential Security (South Africa) |
Author: Malleson, Nick Title: Evaluating an Agent-Based Model of Burglary Summary: An essential part of any modelling research is to evaluate how a model performs. This paper will outline the process of evaluating a new agent-based model that is being developed to predict rates of residential burglary. The model contains a highly detailed environment which is representative of Leeds, UK. Following Castle and Crooks (2006), the process of evaluating the model will be segregated into three distinct activities: verification, calibration and validation. Verification refers to the process of establishing whether or not the model has been built correctly. This can be an extremely difficult process with complex models. Here, verification is accomplished by “plugging-in” different types of virtual environment which enables the researcher to limit environmental complexity and thus isolate the part of the model that is being tested. Following verification, calibration is the process of configuring the model parameters so that the output match some field conditions. However, this is a non-trivial task with models that are inherently spatial as it must be decided how to compare the two data sets. To this end, the paper will explore a number of spatial techniques and statistics that can be used to compare spatial data before documenting the process of calibrating the model. After calibration, it is necessary to ensure that the model has not been over-fitted to the calibration data (a process termed validation). Here, this is accomplished by running the model using environmental data from a different time period and comparing the results to the corresponding crime data. Details: Leeds, UK: School of Geography, University of Leeds, 2010. 84p. Source: Internet Resource: Working Paper 10/1: Accessed January 20, 2012 at: http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/downloads/school/research/wpapers/10_1.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/downloads/school/research/wpapers/10_1.pdf Shelf Number: 123684 Keywords: Crime AnalysisGeographic StudiesGeographical Information Systems (GIS)Residential BurglarySpatial Analysis |
Author: Morgan, Anthony Title: Effective Crime Prevention Interventions for Implementation by Local Government Summary: Councils are responsible for a range of services related to crime prevention, including managing public space and building design, providing a range of community services and developing policies that affect local businesses. More recently, there has been increasing pressure on local government to contribute to the delivery of a variety of social services and to engage in social planning. This comprehensive report is a collaboration between the Crime Prevention Division of the NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice, and the AIC. It is a large-scale systematic review of interventions to prevent a number of crime types identified as priority areas for local councils in New South Wales. Offences such as non-domestic violence related assault; break and enter; car theft; retail theft and malicious damage were reviewed against specific crime prevention methods. The AIC provided the NSW CPD with a summary of the evidence in support of interventions for each priority crime type. A number of preferred intervention types were selected that could be implemented by local councils, with the support of the CPD, in areas with a significant crime problem. This study has led to a series of handbooks to assist local government to select, adapt and implement the preferred interventions. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012. 147p. Source: Internet Resource: Research and Public policy Series 120: Accessed January 17, 2013 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/rpp/100-120/rpp120.html Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/rpp/100-120/rpp120.html Shelf Number: 127285 Keywords: Crime Prevention (Australia)Malicious DamageMotor-Vehicle TheftPublic SpaceResidential BurglarySituational Crime PreventionStealingTheftVandalism |
Author: Hoskin, Sara Title: Foreclosures and Crime: Testing Social Disorganization Theory in the Suburbs Summary: Foreclosures have increased in the US since the 1970's. The increase in foreclosures has caused concern among some researchers on their affect on crime. Social disorganization theory measures the effect various structural characteristics, such as poverty, residential instability/mobility, racial/ethnic heterogeneity, and family disruption have on crime. This study, though, is concerned with residential instability/mobility, or the presence of foreclosed houses in neighborhoods. Although most studies using this theory look at low-income neighborhoods, the following research looks at middle- and upper-income neighborhoods, which have been greatly affected by foreclosures. The theory also argues that the level of collective efficacy can reduce crime even in neighborhoods that are otherwise considered to be socially disorganized. Using ArcGIS mapping, the following research investigated 30 neighborhoods in Orange County, Florida that have high foreclosures in neighborhoods for the years of 2005-2009. Canvasses were conducted in all 30 neighborhoods to measure the level of collective efficacy within the neighborhoods to help explain the presence of high or low residential burglary. Thirteen neighborhoods stood out as noteworthy because they fell at the far end of the spectrum high foreclosures and high crime, and high foreclosures and low crime. Some of the neighborhoods with high residential burglary did have strong indicators of low collective efficacy, while neighborhoods with low residential burglary had indicators of high collective efficacy. The majority of the indicators found in this research support previous research on various indicators of collective efficacy. Details: Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida, 2012. 263p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed April 29, 2015 at: http://etd.fcla.edu/CF/CFE0004386/Hoskin_Sara_E_201208_PhD.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://etd.fcla.edu/CF/CFE0004386/Hoskin_Sara_E_201208_PhD.pdf Shelf Number: 135401 Keywords: Housing Foreclosures (U.S.) Neighborhoods and Crime Residential BurglarySocioeconomic Conditions and Crime |
Author: Morgan, Anthony Title: Access control and awareness campaigns to prevent residential burglary: Handbook for local government Summary: This handbook forms part of a series of guides to support local governments in New South Wales to implement evidence-based crime prevention strategies funded by the Department of Justice (DJ) Crime Prevention Programs (CPP). This handbook has been developed to help guide you through the various stages of planning, implementing and evaluating an access control strategy and awareness campaign to prevent residential burglary in your local government area. Using the handbook The handbook provides an overview of the key steps that are involved in delivering an access control and awareness campaign to prevent residential burglary. These steps are classified under the following three stages: • Stage 1: Planning • Stage 2: Implementation; and • Stage 3: Review. These steps do not necessarily need to be undertaken in order. You may undertake some steps concurrently, or you may need to go back and revisit earlier steps. However, it is vital that some steps be undertaken early on in the project, such as consulting stakeholders and planning for evaluation. The successful implementation of a prevention strategy will often be heavily influenced by the characteristics of the local community. This needs to be considered throughout the project. This term burglary is used throughout this handbook to refer to both 'break and enter – dwelling' and 'stealing from dwelling' offences. These offences differ in the way that the offender enters the building. Break and enter – dwelling refers to offences where the offender forcibly gains entry to someone’s home. Stealing from dwelling involves property being stolen from someone's home where the offender doesn’t break in, but instead gains entry through an open door or window or steals property from the yard. You will need to choose just one of these offences to target, based on your local crime statistics, etc. The strategies for either offence, however, will be the same. Details: Sydney: New South Wales Department of Justice, 2012. 39p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 21, 2016 at: http://www.crimeprevention.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Councils-Handbooks/burglary_handbook.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.crimeprevention.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Councils-Handbooks/burglary_handbook.pdf Shelf Number: 147768 Keywords: Burglary PreventionCrime PreventionPublicity CampaignsResidential Burglary |
Author: Santos, Roberto Title: A Quasi-Experimental Test and Examination of Police Effectiveness in Residential Burglary and Theft from Vehicle Micro-Time Hot Spots Summary: This dissertation tested, through a quasi-experimental design, whether traditional policing strategies are effective in preventing residential burglary and theft from vehicle. A new unit of analysis is examined called micro-time hot spots which are clusters of crime incidents (i.e., crime flare-ups) that occur in micro-time at micro-places. Five years of data from a large police department in the Eastern Florida metropolitan region of the United States were examined. The data were gleaned from crime analysis bulletins as well as the department's intranet system that tracked all police responses to micro-time hot spots. In the quasi-experiment, residential burglary and theft from vehicle were examined separately. The treatment and comparison groups were selected using a robust propensity score matching method. Logistic regression was used to compute the propensity scores which were subsequently matched through greedy 1 to 1 matching, without replacement, and with calipers of .05 and .10 of the standard deviation of the logit for residential burglary and theft from vehicle, respectively. Cases that fell outside the region of support were eliminated. The analysis resulted in 140 pairs - 54 residential burglary and 86 theft from vehicle. Tests of means showed that for both residential burglary and theft from vehicle, separately, there was a significant reduction in crime (p < .001). The reduction in residential burglary was 20.76 percent, for theft from vehicle, 19.65 percent, and for both together, 20.0 percent. An examination of spatial displacement of crime found that there was no spatial displacement in micro-time hot spots that received response. The multivariate analysis of the 140 micro-time hot spots with police response showed that the amount of police response and the quickness of response were significant (p < .001). The more police response and the more quickly the response was implemented, the less crime in the micro-time hot spot. Consequently, this study showed that increased police presence in micro-places of emerging concentrations of crime can lead to significant reductions in residential burglary and theft from vehicle without spatial displacement. These findings have direct implications for police practice, in that to be more effective in crime reduction, police organizations should consider responding to residential burglary and theft from vehicle hot spots of shorter temporal scales. Details: Fort Lauderdale, FL: Nova Southeastern University, 2013. 250p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed October 27, 2017 at: https://search.proquest.com/docview/1466031463?pq-origsite=gscholar Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: https://search.proquest.com/docview/1466031463?pq-origsite=gscholar Shelf Number: 147840 Keywords: Crime AnalysisCrime Hotspots Police EffectivenessPolice ResponseResidential BurglaryTheft from Vehicle |
Author: Gerstner, Dominik Title: Predictive Policing in the Context of Residential Burglary: An Empirical Illustration on the Basis of a Pilot Project in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Summary: Predictive policing has become an important issue in recent times, and different applications have been implemented in different countries. With a remarkable increase in residential burglaries in Germany during the last years, several place-based predictive policing strategies have been applied for this type of offence. In the federal state of Baden-Wurttemberg, the "pilot project predictive policing" (P4) was started in October 2015. The project was designed to produce open-ended and unbiased results and therefore included an external scientific evaluation. The article describes how predictive policing was applied in the P4 pilot and summarizes the main findings of the evaluation study. As predictive policing is more than making predictions, the article sheds light on different aspects of a "prediction-led policing business process" (Perry et al., Predictive policing: the role of crime forecasting in law enforcement operations, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, 2013). Despite some positive findings, the impact on crime remains unclear and the size of crime reducing effects appears to be moderate. Within the police force, the acceptance of predictive policing is a divisive issue. Future research is recommended. Details: In: European Journal for Security Research (2018) 3:115-138. (Open Access) Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 3, 2018 at: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs41125-018-0033-0.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Germany URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs41125-018-0033-0.pdf Shelf Number: 153241 Keywords: BurglaryPredictive PolicingResidential Burglary |