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Investigating the Impacts of Bus Transit on Street and Off-Street Robberies

Qin, Xiaoxing

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2013, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Geography.
The relationship between crime and public transit has long been investigated by criminologists, but findings do not always reach a consensus. Reasons are various, among which the types of offense and public transit are of importance. For instance, robbery is a common example in these studies, but usually its relationships with rail and bus transit systems are not consistent, as there are differences between them in terms of structure, functionality, time schedule, and others. Furthermore, street and off-street robberies may have dissimilar responses to public transit, since the former is inclined to be opportunistic while the latter tends to be targeted, which lead to different preferences of location and time. However, statistical models used in these studies do not take into account both spatial and temporal variations. Rooted on routine activities approach, this study utilizes exploratory (spatial) data analysis to compare and contrast street and off-street robberies in order to discover how they may be influenced variously by bus transit from both spatial and temporal perspectives. More importantly, this research incorporates spatial and temporal factors in multilevel models with the purpose of understanding how these factors can interact with each other and together have effects on robbery. Results reveal not only similarity but also inconsistency between street and off-street robberies with respect to their responses to bus transit: both of them concentrate in the surrounding areas of bus transit; yet, street robbery has a considerably higher possibility to occur when bus transit is not in service on weekends, while off-street robbery has a bit more likelihood to occur when bus transit is in operation on weekdays.
Lin Liu, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Changjoo Kim, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Michael Widener, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
99 p.

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  • Qin, X. (2013). Investigating the Impacts of Bus Transit on Street and Off-Street Robberies [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368085546

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Qin, Xiaoxing. Investigating the Impacts of Bus Transit on Street and Off-Street Robberies. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368085546.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Qin, Xiaoxing. "Investigating the Impacts of Bus Transit on Street and Off-Street Robberies." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368085546

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)