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Risky people around risky places: The effects of crime-prone offenders and facilities on the spatial distribution of crime

Desmond, Jillian S
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8130-6172
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1583999051459373

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2020, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
Crime hot spots are the result of offenders repeatedly perceiving and exploiting criminal opportunity at the same location. Theory supports the notion that offenders interact with their proximal environment; in fact, some have suggested proximal offenders condition the criminogenic effects of some types of facilities. Empirical tests have failed to clearly integrate measures of offenders and criminal opportunity in explanations of crime concentrations. The current dissertation integrated measures of likely offenders, from information on formally incarcerated persons, and criminal opportunity to explain concentrations of robbery and theft from auto across street blocks in Cincinnati. In addition, it tests whether exposure to offenders conditioned the effects of criminogenic facilities. Overall, findings show exposure to likely offenders is important to account for in explanations of crime concentrations. Not only do the likely offender measures have significant main effects, but they interact with some criminogenic facilities to create higher crime counts, beyond the independent effects of likely offender and facility measures.
Cory Haberman, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Groff, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Edward Latessa, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Christopher Sullivan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
182 p.
Criminology
Environmental Criminology; Crime and Place; Crime Mapping

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  • Desmond, J. S. (2020). Risky people around risky places: The effects of crime-prone offenders and facilities on the spatial distribution of crime [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1583999051459373

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Desmond, Jillian. Risky people around risky places: The effects of crime-prone offenders and facilities on the spatial distribution of crime. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1583999051459373.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Desmond, Jillian. "Risky people around risky places: The effects of crime-prone offenders and facilities on the spatial distribution of crime." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1583999051459373

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