Relating target hardening to burglary risk: experiences from Liverpool

Newton, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2491-8401, Rogerson, M and Hirschfield, A, 2008. Relating target hardening to burglary risk: experiences from Liverpool. Papers from the British Criminology Conference, 8, p. 153. ISSN 1759-0043

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Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between the allocation of target hardening and burglary risk based on recent research in the City of Liverpool. Individual property-level data from a range of sources was collated for each residential property in the city using a unique property reference number. This produced a rich data set enabling burglary and target hardening activity to be analysed through time at both the individual property-level and across a variety of spatial units (e.g. super output areas, wards and regeneration areas). The results highlight an imperfect alignment between target hardening and burglary risk locations largely attributable to the influence of Liverpool's area based regeneration initiatives. The paper makes the case for prioritising properties for target hardening based on a combination of the prior burglary history of individual properties, the burglary risk of an area, and existing levels of target hardening protection.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Papers from the British Criminology Conference
Creators:	Newton, A., Rogerson, M. and Hirschfield, A.
Publisher:	British Society of Criminology
Date:	2008
Volume:	8
ISSN:	1759-0043
Identifiers:	Number Type 1412419 Other
Rights:	Copyright © 2008 - The British Society of Criminology.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	03 Mar 2021 14:58
Last Modified:	31 May 2021 15:06
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/42435

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