A study of bus route crime risk in urban areas: the changing environs of a bus journey

Newton, A ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2491-8401, 2008. A study of bus route crime risk in urban areas: the changing environs of a bus journey. Built Environment, 34 (1), pp. 88-103. ISSN 0263-7960

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Abstract

This study examines the risk of bus route crime and how it is influenced by environmental characteristics along the bus corridor. These include changing levels of crime risk, socio-economic influences, and changes to the physical infrastructure including land use. Three urban case study areas in the UK are used. The findings suggest that the risk of bus crime along a journey is influenced by overall levels of crime (for specific categories of crime only), that the level of risk increases in high crime areas, and that risk is raised further when there are more stops along that route. Prevention implications of these findings are discussed, and avenues for future research are presented.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Built Environment
Creators: Newton, A.
Publisher: Alexandrine Press
Date: 1 April 2008
Volume: 34
Number: 1
ISSN: 0263-7960
Identifiers:
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Type
10.2148/benv.34.1.88
DOI
1412410
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Divisions: Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by: Linda Sullivan
Date Added: 03 Mar 2021 14:37
Last Modified: 31 May 2021 15:06
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/42433

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