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Near-Repeat Analysis

Near-repeat analysis tests whether crimes cluster in space and time beyond chance: after a crime occurs, are nearby locations at elevated risk for a short period? Developed in the early 2000s by Townsley, Johnson, Bowers and colleagues for burglary, it formalizes the 'contagion' or 'communicable disease' pattern of crime using a Knox space-time test against a Monte Carlo reference distribution.

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Near-Repeat Victimization Analysis of Space-Time Crime Patterns
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / criminology
  • Townsley, M., Homel, R., & Chaseling, J. (2003). Infectious burglaries: A test of the near repeat hypothesis. British Journal of Criminology, 43(3), 615–633. · DOI 10.1093/bjc/43.3.615
  • Johnson, S. D., & Bowers, K. J. (2004). The stability of space-time clusters of burglary. British Journal of Criminology, 44(1), 55–65. · DOI 10.1093/bjc/44.1.55
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Same method familyCrime Concentration Indexmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.See alsoHot Spot Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.See alsoRipley K Functionmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyRoutine Activity Theorymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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