Studies of crime hot spots have argued that landlords' management styles, specifically their
tenant screening and property monitoring techniques, affect crime. These studies, however …

Despite decades of research into social disorganization theory, criminologists have made
little progress developing community programs that reduce crime. The lack of progress is …

One of the most facts about crime is that it concentrates at a few proprietary places:
addresses, facilities, and land parcels. Do these crime-places radiate crime into their …

Abstract Research Summary We apply the microsynthetic control method to evaluate the
gun violence prevention effect of gunshot detection technology (GDT) in Kansas City, MO …

This brief describes the theory and evidence of a form of social control known as place
management. Created by property owners, place management is an alternative to the two …

Objectives Homicide rate is associated with a large variety of factors and therefore unevenly
distributed over time and space. This study aims to explore homicide patterns and their …

Public libraries are multifunctional places where visitors come to borrow books, use
computers and socialise—all these activities impose a diverse set of safety demands on …

Research demonstrates that crime concentrates at relatively few microplaces, and changes
at a small proportion of locations can have a considerable influence on a city's overall crime …

This study assesses how the quality of place management (measured with user-generated
ratings from Google Places) is related to crime occurrences at specific settings and whether …

The association between villages in the city (ViCs) and crime is an important topic but has
not been rigorously investigated in crime geography. This study developed three new …