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3.a. Place-Based Problem-Oriented Policing — Post-NRC
"Longitudinal work examining the developmental trajectories at micro levels (Weisburd et al., 2004, Weisburd, Morris and Groff, 2009) has consistently identified tremendous crime concentration at specific places. (Groff, Weisburd and Ling, 2010)
Weisburd, D., S. Bushway, C. Lum, and S. Yang. 2004. "Trajectories of Crime at Places: A Longitudinal Study of Street Segments in the City of Seattle. Criminology 42(2): 283-322.
Weisburd, D., N.A. Morris and E.R. Groff. 2009. "Hot Spots of Juvenile Crime: A Longitudinal Study of Arrest Incidents at Street Segments in Seattle, Washington. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 25 (4): 443-467.
Groff, E.R., D. Weisburd and S. Ling. 2010. "Is It Important to Examine Crime Trends at a Local Micro Level? A Longitudinal Analysis of Street to Street Variability in Crime Trajectories. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 26 (1): 7-32.
"Roughly 1 percent and 8 percent of street segments and intersections in Boston are responsible for nearly 50 percent of all commercial robberies and 66 percent of all street robberies, respectively, between 1980 and 2008. (Braga, Hureau and Papachristos, 2011)
Braga, A.A., D.M. Hureau and A.V. Papachristos. 2011. "The Relevance of Micro Places to Citywide Robbery Trends: A Longitudinal Analysis of Robbery Incidents at Street Corners and Block Faces in Boston. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 48 (1): 7-32.
" 5% of street segments and intersections in Boston generated 74% of shootings over this time period and the same hot spot micro places experienced nearly all of the upswings and downturns in Boston gun violence over the 29-year study time period. (Braga, Papachristos, and Hureau, 2010)
Braga, A.A., A.V. Papachristos and D.M. Hureau. 2010. "The Concentration and Stability of Gun Violence at Micro Places in Boston: 1980-2008. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 26 (1): 33-53.
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