Do Migrant and Native Robbers Target Different Places?

The spatial pattern of crime has been a central theme of criminological research. Recently, the spatial variation in the crime location choice of offenders by different population groups has been gaining more attention. This study addresses the issue of whether the spatial distribution of migrant ro...

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Autores principales:	Dongping Long, Lin Liu
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	crime location choice street robbery spatial difference China Geography (General) G1-922
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f0bfc21e89e44f3993093e5aff5d71b12021-11-25T17:53:08ZDo Migrant and Native Robbers Target Different Places?10.3390/ijgi101107712220-9964https://doaj.org/article/f0bfc21e89e44f3993093e5aff5d71b12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/10/11/771https://doaj.org/toc/2220-9964The spatial pattern of crime has been a central theme of criminological research. Recently, the spatial variation in the crime location choice of offenders by different population groups has been gaining more attention. This study addresses the issue of whether the spatial distribution of migrant robbers’ crime location choices is different from those of native robbers. Further, what factors contribute to such differences? Using a kernel density estimation and the discrete spatial choice modeling, we combine the offender data, POI data, and mobile phone data to explain the crime location choice of the street robbers who committed offenses and were arrested from 2012 to 2016 in ZG City, China. The results demonstrate that the crime location choices between migrant robbers and native robbers have obvious spatial differences. Migrant robbers tend to choose the labor-intensive industrial cluster, while native robbers prefer the old urban areas and urban villages. Wholesale markets, sports stadiums, transportation hubs, and subway stations only affect migrant robbers’ crime location choices, but not native robbers’. These results may be attributable to the different spatial awareness between migrant robbers and native robbers. The implications of the findings for criminological theory and crime prevention are discussed.Dongping LongLin LiuMDPI AGarticlecrime location choicestreet robberyspatial differenceChinaGeography (General)G1-922ENISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol 10, Iss 771, p 771 (2021)
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description	The spatial pattern of crime has been a central theme of criminological research. Recently, the spatial variation in the crime location choice of offenders by different population groups has been gaining more attention. This study addresses the issue of whether the spatial distribution of migrant robbers’ crime location choices is different from those of native robbers. Further, what factors contribute to such differences? Using a kernel density estimation and the discrete spatial choice modeling, we combine the offender data, POI data, and mobile phone data to explain the crime location choice of the street robbers who committed offenses and were arrested from 2012 to 2016 in ZG City, China. The results demonstrate that the crime location choices between migrant robbers and native robbers have obvious spatial differences. Migrant robbers tend to choose the labor-intensive industrial cluster, while native robbers prefer the old urban areas and urban villages. Wholesale markets, sports stadiums, transportation hubs, and subway stations only affect migrant robbers’ crime location choices, but not native robbers’. These results may be attributable to the different spatial awareness between migrant robbers and native robbers. The implications of the findings for criminological theory and crime prevention are discussed.
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title_short	Do Migrant and Native Robbers Target Different Places?
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Do Migrant and Native Robbers Target Different Places?

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