eprintid: 1452932
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creators_name: Ashby, MPJ
creators_name: Bowers, KJ
creators_name: Borrion, H
creators_name: Fujiyama, T
title: The when and where of an emerging crime type: The example of metal theft from the railway network of Great Britain
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F44
divisions: F52
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abstract: Metal theft has become an increasingly common crime in recent years, but lack of data has limited research into it. The present study used police-recorded crime data to study the spatial and temporal concentration of metal theft from the railway network of Great Britain. Metal theft was found to exhibit only weak seasonality, to be concentrated at night and to cluster in a few locations close to – but not in – major cities. Repeat-victimisation risk continued for longer than has been found for other crime types. These and other features appear to point to metal theft being a planned, rather than opportunistic, offence and to the role of scrap-metal dealers as facilitators.
date: 2014-10-13
vfaculties: VENG
vfaculties: VENG
oa_status: green
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: crossref
elements_id: 987462
doi: 10.1057/sj.2014.43
lyricists_name: Ashby, Matthew
lyricists_name: Borrion, Herve
lyricists_name: Bowers, Kate
lyricists_name: Fujiyama, Taku
lyricists_id: MPJAS93
lyricists_id: HBORR81
lyricists_id: KBOWE16
lyricists_id: TFUJI93
full_text_status: public
publication: Security Journal
issn: 0955-1662
citation:        Ashby, MPJ;    Bowers, KJ;    Borrion, H;    Fujiyama, T;      (2014)    The when and where of an emerging crime type: The example of metal theft from the railway network of Great Britain.                   Security Journal        10.1057/sj.2014.43 <https://doi.org/10.1057/sj.2014.43>.       Green open access   
 
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