NCJ Number
181266
Journal
British Journal of Criminology Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Dated: Autumn 1998 Pages: 651-680
Editor(s)
Richard Sparks
Date Published
1998
Length
12 pages
Annotation
A commercial Geographical Information System (GIS) was used to study crime data in England's Nottinghamshire Constabulary, specifically with respect to repeat burglary victimization between April 1995 and April 1997.
Abstract
Over the 2-year period, 1,988 burglaries were reported across the sub-divisional area that affected 1,600 properties. Over 68 percent of these properties were never victims of burglary again during the study period. Just over 70 percent of the remaining properties were burglarized one further time, leaving 70 of the 1,600 properties victimized more than twice. While these 70 properties accounted for only 3.5 percent of the number of victimized properties, they represented 14.3 percent of the number of burglary events. The study indicated a standard GIS package, searching geo-referenced crime locations, can dramatically improve the time and accuracy of identifying repeat victimization. Implications of the findings for police policies to deal with multiple victimization are discussed. 20 references, 3 tables, and 4 figures