Toward a test of the “Law of Crime Concentration” in Japanese cities: a geographical crime analysis in Tokyo and Osaka

Abstract This brief report aims to reveal crime concentration at the district level in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, two cities characterized by low crime rates. Eight types of property crimes that occurred between 2008 and 2017 in Tokyo and Osaka and had been aggregated by the census enumeration district...

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Main Authors: Mamoru Amemiya, Tomoya Ohyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Crime Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40163-019-0106-z