Crime and space in intermediate cities: fine-tuning a model of territorial analysis in Gerona, Tarragona and Lérida

This article investigates the location logic of petty larcenies and mugging with violence and intimidation, for the period: 2008-2011, in three intermediate cities of Catalonia. The aim is to validate and fine-tune previously-formulated hypotheses on crimes which follow patterns of a structural natu...

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Autores: Fraile, Pedro, Bonastra, Quim
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/55712
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/55712
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Delincuencia urbana
Conflictividad Urbana
Ciudades intermedias
morfología urbana
Delinqüència
Ciutats
Crime
Cities and towns
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Sumario:This article investigates the location logic of petty larcenies and mugging with violence and intimidation, for the period: 2008-2011, in three intermediate cities of Catalonia. The aim is to validate and fine-tune previously-formulated hypotheses on crimes which follow patterns of a structural nature, that is, which have a tendency towards territorial stability linked to urban features and functions. These crimes have been compared with crimes against public order and assaults. This study has enabled a definition of the type of areas that attract and stabilise such phenomena; this makes possible consideration of the characteristics of public space that can favour the citizen's sense of securit