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- Title
Locations of Motor Vehicle Theft and Recovery.
- Authors
Suresh, Geetha; Tewksbury, Richard
- Abstract
In a community-level analysis, this study examines risky locations for motor vehicle theft in Louisville, Kentucky from 2004 to 2007. Maps will display clustering patterns, density, displacement of motor vehicle thefts and relationships with spatial attributes and neighborhood characteristics. Clustering indicates heavy concentration of motor vehicle theft and recovery in the neighborhoods characterized by indicators of social disorganization (poverty, unemployment, vacant houses). Parking lots belonging to churches in a socially disorganized neighborhood are also an auto crime attractor.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TRAFFIC safety; MOTOR vehicles; THEFT; LARCENY; PARKING lots; AUTOMOBILE parking
- Publication
American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 2, p200
- ISSN
1066-2316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12103-012-9161-7