Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
Criminology theories imply that time is a relevant variable, especially for the prevention and intervention of criminal occurrences. Thus, the study of criminal temporal patterns has been described as being of great relevance. The present study focuses on describing and exploring the influence of te...
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| author | Vanessa Azevedo Mariana Magalhães Daniela Paulo Rui Leandro Maia Gisela M. Oliveira Maria Simas Guerreiro Ana Isabel Sani Laura M. Nunes |
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| description | Criminology theories imply that time is a relevant variable, especially for the prevention and intervention of criminal occurrences. Thus, the study of criminal temporal patterns has been described as being of great relevance. The present study focuses on describing and exploring the influence of temporal and seasonal variables on the occurrence of different types of theft in the Historic Centre of Porto through the analysis of official records of the Public Security Police. Significant differences were found regarding the time of day and season of occurrence, even though it is not observed for all the types of theft analysed. Overall, theft was more prevalent at night and less frequent during winter, which is congruent with previous literature and the routine activity theory. Being the first case study in Porto city, Portugal, this research may be of extreme importance for both designing prevention and intervention policies in the area, and for inspiring future research on a criminal time analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a0eed23cf0642869aa8782a452d489c2023-11-22T20:00:50ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602021-10-01101037110.3390/socsci10100371Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of PortoVanessa Azevedo0Mariana Magalhães1Daniela Paulo2Rui Leandro Maia3Gisela M. Oliveira4Maria Simas Guerreiro5Ana Isabel Sani6Laura M. Nunes7Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalFernando Pessoa Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalObservatory Permanent Violence and Crime (OPVC), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalCriminology theories imply that time is a relevant variable, especially for the prevention and intervention of criminal occurrences. Thus, the study of criminal temporal patterns has been described as being of great relevance. The present study focuses on describing and exploring the influence of temporal and seasonal variables on the occurrence of different types of theft in the Historic Centre of Porto through the analysis of official records of the Public Security Police. Significant differences were found regarding the time of day and season of occurrence, even though it is not observed for all the types of theft analysed. Overall, theft was more prevalent at night and less frequent during winter, which is congruent with previous literature and the routine activity theory. Being the first case study in Porto city, Portugal, this research may be of extreme importance for both designing prevention and intervention policies in the area, and for inspiring future research on a criminal time analysis.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/10/371urban criminalitytheftsofficial police recordsseasonality analysistemporal analysis |
| spellingShingle | Vanessa Azevedo Mariana Magalhães Daniela Paulo Rui Leandro Maia Gisela M. Oliveira Maria Simas Guerreiro Ana Isabel Sani Laura M. Nunes Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto Social Sciences urban criminality thefts official police records seasonality analysis temporal analysis |
| title | Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto |
| title_full | Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto |
| title_fullStr | Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto |
| title_full_unstemmed | Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto |
| title_short | Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto |
| title_sort | temporal variability of theft types in the historic centre of porto |
| topic | urban criminality thefts official police records seasonality analysis temporal analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/10/371 |
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