A simple weighted displacement difference test to evaluate place based crime interventions

A simple weighted displacement difference test to evaluate place based crime interventions

Abstract This work proposes a new statistic, the weighted displacement difference (WDD), as a simple test to evaluate crime reductions subsequent to place based interventions taking into account trends in comparison areas and potential spatial displacement or diffusion of benefits. The motivation is...

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Main Authors: Andrew P. Wheeler, Jerry H. Ratcliffe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Crime Science
Subjects:
Hot-spots
Policing
Intervention-analysis
Displacement
Diffusion-of-benefits
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40163-018-0085-5

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