This review takes stock of recent advances, as well as enduring and emerging challenges,
in the area of spatial criminology. Although the notions of place and space are …

We systematically review the effectiveness of police presence. In doing so, we investigate
concepts of police presence and differences between reported effects. Using the Preferred …

The field of environmental criminology is a staple theoretical framework in contemporary
criminological theory. This fully revised and expanded edition of the world's first …

The social brain hypothesis approximates the total number of social relationships we are
able to maintain at 150. Similar cognitive constraints emerge in several aspects of our daily …

We investigate whether a nexus exists between income inequality and criminal activity in
Indonesia. Additionally, we examine socioeconomic variables and potential links with …

During the last decade, while national homicide rates have remained flat, New York City has
experienced a second great crime decline, with gun violence declining by more than 50 …

The analysis of geographically referenced data, specifically point data, is predicated on the
accurate geocoding of those data. Geocoding refers to the process in which geographically …

The dense distribution of crime in a small number of micro places led to the formulation of a
law of crime concentration applicable across cities and stable over time. This law has rarely …

Crime research has repeatedly shown that small proportions of offenders are responsible for
large proportions of crimes. While there is a substantial body of evidence for this 'offending …

Purpose/background A new body of research that focuses on crime harm scores rather than
counts of crime incidents has emerged. Specifically in the context of spatial analysis of …