Spillover effects in crime are typically studied as a result of offender behaviour. This study investigates whether spillover effects can occur in the reporting of domestic abuse by victims. Domestic abuse is a particularly interesting context …
Over the past decades, we have seen an increase in the availability of data that includes spatial information. Incorporating spatial information in models may result in performance improvements, which may then be used to better inform decision-making …
To obtain operational insights regarding the crime of burglary in London we consider the estimation of effects of covariates on the intensity of spatial point patterns. By taking into account localised properties of criminal behaviour, we propose a …
This is a collection of my thoughts on why we have to consider spatial effects when modelling phenomena that occur on a geographical space. For example, occurences of a particular disease.
TBC. (this is a test of the feature)
It is well understood that crime is clustered in both space and time. This is recognized by the emergence of so-called hot-spots, which are often short-lived. There are a num- ber of theories in criminology that provide an explanation for this, …