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Temporal Distributions of Crime and Disorder in Casino and Non-Casino Zones

Authors: Emmanuel Barthe, B. Grant Stitt

Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies | Issue 2/2009

Abstract

Research on the relationship between casinos and crime has yielded mixed conclusions. Some authors argue that casinos are crime attractors and provide fertile grounds for disorder in the surrounding communities. Others claim that the impact of casinos on the crime problem has been over-stated and that casinos in themselves are not crime generators. Relying on calls for service and incidents known to the police, this research reveals the specific spatial and temporal characteristics of all criminal and disorderly behaviors around casino venues.

The geocoding rate for the incident was 93%, and 95% for the calls for service.

Since the sum of all the differences would result in a total of zero, the differences were transformed into absolute values and then added to produce the total magnitude difference across a given time point.

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Title: Temporal Distributions of Crime and Disorder in Casino and Non-Casino Zones
Authors: Emmanuel Barthe
B. Grant Stitt
Publication date: 01-06-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies / Issue 2/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3602
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-009-9115-2

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