Using Isovists in Measuring Surveillance and Expected Guardianship in Residential Neighborhood Property Crimes

Purpose: Assessing a level of surveillability, supervision, and expected guardianship in residential neighborhoods has been a topic of interest since the early work of Jacobs’ ‘eyes on the street’, and Newman’s ‘defensible space’. This paper reports on the use of isovists (two-dimensional polygons t...

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Main Authors: Linda Nubani, Jean Wineman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/11/11/544