NCJ Number
219755
Journal
Security Journal Volume: 20 Issue: 2 Dated: 2007 Pages: 123-137
Date Published
2007
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This study investigated the distance between the home of the victim and the offender and the place where the violent crime occurred.
Abstract
Results indicated little support for a zone of reduced crime surrounding the offenders’ home address. Predatory violence most often occurred in neighborhoods where many offenders resided. Women were more likely than men to be attacked close to their own home and close to the offender’s home. The authors explain the findings from a routine activities perspective in which the everyday, routine activities of the victims and offenders place them in the path of criminal violence. Data on all reported Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Index criminal sexual assaults, robberies, and aggravated assaults that occurred in Chicago in 1998 were drawn from the Chicago Police Department (CPD). The analysis included 22,523 criminal incidents that had at least 1 victim and 1 offender with a Chicago address. Using a weighting scheme, the analysis included 907 criminal sexual assaults, 4,086 robberies, and 17,530 aggravated assaults. The analysis used the Manhattan Distance, which is measured by the sum of change North to South and East to West. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Tables, figures, footnotes, references