| 1. Identity statement | ||||
| Reference Type | Journal Article | |||
| Site | mtc-m21d.sid.inpe.br | |||
| Holder Code | isadg {BR SPINPE} ibi 8JMKD3MGPCW/3DT298S | |||
| Identifier | 8JMKD3MGP3W34T/4527H3S | |||
| Repository | sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21d/2021/07.02.13.25 (restricted access) | |||
| Last Update | 2021:07.02.13.25.17 (UTC) simone | |||
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| Metadata Last Update | 2022:04.03.22.27.26 (UTC) administrator | |||
| DOI | 10.1007/s10940-020-09474-6 | |||
| ISSN | 0748-4518 | |||
| Citation Key | RamosSilvClarPrat:2021:ToFiBe | |||
| Title | Too Fine to be Good? Issues of Granularity, Uniformity and Error in Spatial Crime Analysis  | |||
| Year | 2021 | |||
| Month | June | |||
| Access Date | 2024, May 19 | |||
| Type of Work | journal article | |||
| Secondary Type | PRE PI | |||
| Number of Files | 1 | |||
| Size | 1659 KiB | |||
| 2. Context | ||||
| Author | 1 Ramos, Rafael Blakeley Guimarães 2 Silva, Bráulio F. A. 3 Clarke, Keith C. 4 Prates, Marcos | |||
| ORCID | 1 0000-0001-9307-5922 | |||
| Group | 1 DIIAV-CGCT-INPE-MCTI-GOV-BR | |||
| Affiliation | 1 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) 2 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) 3 University of California Santa Barbara 4 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) | |||
| Author e-Mail Address | 1 rafaelgramos@gmail.com | |||
| Journal | Journal of Quantitative Criminology | |||
| Volume | 37 | |||
| Number | 2 | |||
| Pages | 419-443 | |||
| History (UTC) | 2021-07-02 13:26:06 :: simone -> administrator :: 2021 2022-04-03 22:27:26 :: administrator -> simone :: 2021 | |||
| 3. Content and structure | ||||
| Is the master or a copy? | is the master | |||
| Content Stage | completed | |||
| Transferable | 1 | |||
| Content Type | External Contribution | |||
| Version Type | publisher | |||
| Keywords | Crime Mapping Criminology of Place Error Granularity Scale | |||
| Abstract | Objectives: Crime counts are sensitive to granularity choice. There is an increasing interest in analyzing crime at very fine granularities, such as street segments, with one of the reasons being that coarse granularities mask hot spots of crime. However, if granularities are too fine, counts may become unstable and unrepresentative. In this paper, we develop a method for determining a granularity that provides a compromise between these two criteria. Methods: Our method starts by estimating internal uniformity and robustness to error for different granularities, then deciding on the granularity offering the best balance between the two. Internal uniformity is measured as the proportion of areal units that pass a test of complete spatial randomness for their internal crime distribution. Robustness to error is measured based on the average of the estimated coefficient of variation for each crime count. Results: Our method was tested for burglaries, robberies and homicides in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Estimated optimal granularities were coarser than street segments but finer than neighborhoods. The proportion of units concentrating 50% of all crime was between 11% and 23%. Conclusions: By balancing internal uniformity and robustness to error, our method is capable of producing more reliable crime maps. Our methodology shows that finer is not necessarily better in the micro-analysis of crime, and that units coarser than street segments might be better for this type of study. Finally, the observed crime clustering in our study was less intense than the expected from the law of crime concentration. | |||
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| Language | en | |||
| Target File | ramos_too.pdf | |||
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| Reader Group | administrator simone | |||
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| Update Permission | not transferred | |||
| 5. Allied materials | ||||
| Next Higher Units | 8JMKD3MGPCW/46KUATE | |||
| Dissemination | WEBSCI; PORTALCAPES; SCOPUS. | |||
| Host Collection | urlib.net/www/2021/06.04.03.40 | |||
| 6. Notes | ||||
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