TY - JOUR
T1 - Arson in an urban setting
T2 - a multi-event near repeat chain analysis in Flint, Michigan
AU - Turchan, Brandon
AU - Grubb, Jonathan A.
AU - Pizarro-Terrill, Jesenia
AU - McGarrell, Edmund F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - A growing body of literature has recently begun to examine spatiotemporal nuances of arson. However, criminal justice research has minimally investigated how an arson event might serve as an initiator for a string of arsons. To rectify this gap, the current study conducted a near repeat analysis incorporating multiple-event near repeat chains to identify possible spatiotemporal patterns for arson in Flint, Michigan. Findings underscore that increased risk of repeat arson victimization was most pronounced for residential arsons. Results for near repeat chains indicate an average mean risk of roughly 5 days but for certain chains risk lasted for up to 2 months. Discussion of implications, limitations, and future research are also provided.
AB - A growing body of literature has recently begun to examine spatiotemporal nuances of arson. However, criminal justice research has minimally investigated how an arson event might serve as an initiator for a string of arsons. To rectify this gap, the current study conducted a near repeat analysis incorporating multiple-event near repeat chains to identify possible spatiotemporal patterns for arson in Flint, Michigan. Findings underscore that increased risk of repeat arson victimization was most pronounced for residential arsons. Results for near repeat chains indicate an average mean risk of roughly 5 days but for certain chains risk lasted for up to 2 months. Discussion of implications, limitations, and future research are also provided.
KW - Arson
KW - Multiple-event chains
KW - Near repeat victimization
KW - Repeat victimization
KW - Spatiotemporal analysis
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U2 - 10.1057/s41284-018-0155-0
DO - 10.1057/s41284-018-0155-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054501036
SN - 0955-1662
VL - 32
SP - 179
EP - 197
JO - Security Journal
JF - Security Journal
IS - 3
ER -