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Crime Prevention Based on the Strategic Mapping of Living Conditions

Guldåker, Nicklas LU ; Hallin, Per-Olof ; Nilvall, Kim and Gerell, Manne (2021) In ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10 (11)(719). p.1-16
Abstract
This paper presents a theoretically and methodologically grounded GIS-based model for the measurement and mapping of an index of living conditions in urban residential areas across Sweden. Further, the model is compared and evaluated using the Swedish Police’s assessment of crime-exposed areas. The results indicate that the geographically measured vulnerable living conditions overlap to a large extent with the areas assessed to be crime-exposed by the Swedish Police. Over 61% of the police-defined crime-exposed areas are characterized by vulnerable living conditions. The results also show that this overlap is not perfect and that there are vulnerable areas that are not included in the police’s assessment of crime-exposed areas, but which... (More)
This paper presents a theoretically and methodologically grounded GIS-based model for the measurement and mapping of an index of living conditions in urban residential areas across Sweden. Further, the model is compared and evaluated using the Swedish Police’s assessment of crime-exposed areas. The results indicate that the geographically measured vulnerable living conditions overlap to a large extent with the areas assessed to be crime-exposed by the Swedish Police. Over 61% of the police-defined crime-exposed areas are characterized by vulnerable living conditions. The results also show that this overlap is not perfect and that there are vulnerable areas that are not included in the police’s assessment of crime-exposed areas, but which are nonetheless characterized by vulnerable living conditions that could negatively affect the development of crime. It is also proposed that the model and the mapped index of living conditions can provide a more well-grounded scientific basis for the police’s assessment work. As a first step, the Swedish police have implemented the model and the mapped index in the work process employed in their annual identification of crime-exposed or at-risk areas. In addition to assisting the police, the model and the mapped index could also be used to support other societal actors working with vulnerable areas. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
This paper presents a theoretically and methodologically grounded GIS-based model for the measurement and mapping of an index of living conditions in urban residential areas across Sweden. Further, the model is compared and evaluated using the Swedish Police's assessment of crime-exposed areas. The results indicate that the geographically measured vulnerable living conditions overlap to a large extent with the areas assessed to be crime-exposed by the Swedish Police. Over 61% of the police-defined crime-exposed areas are characterized by vulnerable living conditions. The results also show that this overlap is not perfect and that there are vulnerable areas that are not included in the police's assessment of crime-exposed areas, but which... (More)
This paper presents a theoretically and methodologically grounded GIS-based model for the measurement and mapping of an index of living conditions in urban residential areas across Sweden. Further, the model is compared and evaluated using the Swedish Police's assessment of crime-exposed areas. The results indicate that the geographically measured vulnerable living conditions overlap to a large extent with the areas assessed to be crime-exposed by the Swedish Police. Over 61% of the police-defined crime-exposed areas are characterized by vulnerable living conditions. The results also show that this overlap is not perfect and that there are vulnerable areas that are not included in the police's assessment of crime-exposed areas, but which are nonetheless characterized by vulnerable living conditions that could negatively affect the development of crime. It is also proposed that the model and the mapped index of living conditions can provide a more well-grounded scientific basis for the police's assessment work. As a first step, the Swedish police have implemented the model and the mapped index in the work process employed in their annual identification of crime-exposed or at-risk areas. In addition to assisting the police, the model and the mapped index could also be used to support other societal actors working with vulnerable areas. (Less)
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living conditions, crime prevention, living conditions, crime prevention, crime-exposed areas, GIS-model, strategic mapping
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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10 (11)
issue
719
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17 pages
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MDPI AG
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  • scopus:85119021654
ISSN
2220-9964
DOI
10.3390/ijgi10110719
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Developed crisis preparedness to lead, communicate and coordinate place-based measures against system-threatening crime
Strategic GIS-based maps for collaboration and decisions on measures to counter to counteract organized crime, social unrest, antagonistic threats and events of significance to the total defense
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English
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yes
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Nicklas Guldåker is a senior lecturer and researcher in human geography at Lund University. His research interests are in the field of fires and fire prevention, but also more broadly in the fields of risk and crisis management, methods of risk and vulnerability analysis, critical infrastructure, urban studies of social unrest and social risks, data driven analysis, geovisualization, and geographical information systems (GIS).
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  title        = {{Crime Prevention Based on the Strategic Mapping of Living Conditions}},
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