NATURE AND PATTERNING OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES

• NCJ Number: 8787
• Author(s): H A SCARR
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 44 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: 7710 Old Springfield Road
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PREPARED FOR FOURTH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LAW ENFORCEMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WASHINGTON DC

Annotation

FINDINGS ON BURGLARY PATTERNS WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO DIMINISHING OPPORTUNITIES TO BURGLARIZE IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH A BURGLAR OPERATES.

Abstract

THIS STUDY IS BASED ON DATA FROM POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE GOAL OF THE STUDY WAS TO OBSERVE BURGLARY PATTERNS TO FIND A POSSIBLE PLACE WHERE THE PATTERNS COULD BE INTERDICTED. FOCUS WAS UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF BURGLARIES THROUGH SPACE AND TIME AND UPON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BURGLARY AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS. PATTERNS OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES WERE STUDIED IN SUBURBAN AND URBAN AREAS. THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A CITIZEN TO AFFECT THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIS BEING BURGLARIZED AND SUGGESTS THAT THE POLICE ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS SO THAT THE POLICE CAN BE FREE TO CONCENTRATE ON MORE SKILLFULLY EXECUTED OFFENSES.