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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Crime Science |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40163-018-0085-5 |