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Exploring crime in Toronto, Ontario with applications for law enforcement planning: Geographic analysis of hot spots and risk factors for expressive and acquisitive crimes

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dc.contributor.authorQuick, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-29T16:59:10Z
dc.date.available2013-01-29T16:59:10Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-29T16:59:10Z
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores crime hot spots and identifies risk factors of expressive and acquisitive crimes in Toronto, Ontario at the census tract scale using official crime offence data from 2006. Four research objectives motivate this thesis: 1) to understand a number of local spatial cluster detection tests and how they can be applied to inform law enforcement planning and confirmatory research, 2) explore spatial regression techniques and applications in past spatial studies of crime, 3) to examine the influence of social disorganization and non-residential land use on expressive crime at the census tract scale, and 4) integrate social disorganization and routine activity theories to understand the small-area risk factors of acquisitive crimes. Research chapters are thematically linked by an intent to recognize crime as a spatial phenomenon, provide insight into the processes and risk factors associated with crime, and inform efficient and effective law enforcement planning.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/7331
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectspatial analysisen
dc.subjectcrimeen
dc.subjectplanningen
dc.subjectlaw enforcementen
dc.subjecthot spotsen
dc.subjectenvironmental criminologyen
dc.subject.programPlanningen
dc.titleExploring crime in Toronto, Ontario with applications for law enforcement planning: Geographic analysis of hot spots and risk factors for expressive and acquisitive crimesen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Environmental Studiesen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPlanningen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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