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Criminology
Scientists at Temple University publish new data on criminology
August 18th, 2007
"Few studies have combined factors related to social disorganisation and factors related to opportunity theory at the microspatial level, with most studies aggregating to the block group or census tract. This study disaggregates block group census data in and around the vicinity of locations believed to encourage outdoor drug markets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA," scientists in the United States report. "A location quotient analysis finds that drug arrests cluster within a block or two of many suspected crime generators/ attractors. Results from a zero-inflated Poisson model suggest some land use variables and factors associated with social disorganisation can...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2007-08-18)
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