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Qualitative Crime Pattern Identification

Monday, August 26, 2024

Burglar Target Selection

 Read the research article Burglar Target Selection at this link

"These findings support both opportunity-based accounts of offending, those that portray offenders as optimal foragers, and the principle of least effort; such that offenders are consistently attracted to those areas that can be reached quickly and easily, and in which there are an abundance of viable targets. Furthermore, results from two of the three regions studied are compatible with hypotheses that assert the importance of access to vehicles in shaping patterns of offender mobility."


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