Spatial Patterns in Residential Burglary

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Abstract
In this study, the author tests the significance of several concepts as predictors of neighborhood burglary rates using multivariate regression and spatial analysis techniques. The characteristics the author investigates have been identified by studies on the social ecology of crime and by more recent research evaluating community-oriented policing. He draws heavily from recent work by Sampson, Raudenbush, and Earls as well as others who have advanced the social disorganization theory of crime. This perspective views the presence of “community” as a key factor that helps maintain order in neighborhoods, even in the presence of structural criminogenic conditions such as concentrated poverty.