检查加拿大的重复和近重复盗窃事件的提升账户
Karla Emeno1, Mari Pullman1, Craig Bennell2
1Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
概括
以前被盗的房屋和附近的住宅面临着临时的盗窃风险. 这项研究证实,埃德蒙顿的重复入室盗窃往往是由同一罪犯在短时间和空间内犯下的,这支持了提升账户理论.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 环境犯罪学环境犯罪学
- 犯罪科学 犯罪科学
背景情况:
- 重复和几乎重复的受害者在住宅盗窃中很常见.
- "提升账户"理论表明,犯罪者重新访问了成功的目标或附近的地点.
- 了解这些模式对于有效的犯罪预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析了加拿大埃德蒙顿的住宅盗窃事件的时空聚类.
- 通过检查重复和几乎重复的盗窃案中犯罪者的行为来调查"提升账户"理论.
- 确定连续违法行为是否解释了观察到的集群模式.
主要方法:
- 分析了阿尔伯塔省埃德蒙顿 (2007-2008) 解决的住宅盗窃数据.
- 空间-时间统计分析以识别盗窃集群.
- 对重复/几乎重复的违法者特征的比较与远距离的入室盗窃.
主要成果:
- 埃德蒙顿的住宅盗窃事件显示出显著的时空聚类.
- 在过去的7天内,在前一次事件700米以内的住宅中观察到盗窃的风险增加.
- 发现同一罪犯的连续违法行为是重复和近重复入室盗窃的重要因素.
结论:
- 这些发现支持了"提升账户"理论,表明罪犯确实会回到以前受害地点或附近地区.
- 高风险的暂时性强调了及时预防犯罪干预的重要性.
- 结果对警察资源分配和有针对性的警察策略有实际影响.
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