Purpose The current study investigates the application of risk terrain modeling (RTM) to
forecast gang violence. RTM is routinely utilized to predict future criminal events in micro …

The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department sought to reduce violent crime with an
evidence-based approach to problem analysis and intervention planning. Informed by hot …

This research focused on the effect of the built environment on Bogotá's violent crime by
using the Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) technique. The current study used 17 ecological …

Many researchers have unraveled innovative ways of examining geographic information to
better understand the determinants of crime, thus contributing to an improved understanding …

Understanding how social and environmental factors contribute to the spatio-temporal
distribution of criminal activities is a fundamental question in modern criminology. Thanks to …

Incorporating features of the built environment, risk terrain modeling (RTM), is used to
predict future criminal events in micro-units (ie, city blocks). The current study examines the …

Abstract Purpose Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) has been effectively used to spatially
diagnose risk for crimes such as robbery, aggravated assault, and gun violence. An …

This article assesses whether ambient population is a more suitable population-at-risk
measure for crime types with mobile targets than residential population for the purpose of …

This paper incorporates an explicit mobility dimension into the definition of the
neighbourhood and explores its possible implications for the study of spatially distributed …

In recent years, the field of crime prediction has drawn increasing attention in Japan.
However, predicting crime in Japan is especially challenging because the crime rate is …