Introduction Applying a complex systems perspective to public health evaluation may
increase the relevance and strength of evidence to improve health and reduce health …

Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and
other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its …

Recent studies empirically support the role of the built environment in inducing or hindering
violent crime. Particularly, studies of the broken window theory have provided evidence that …

Background and Aims A complex systems perspective has been advocated to explore multi‐
faceted factors influencing public health issues, including alcohol consumption and …

We propose a scalable agent-based crime simulation model based on the routine activity
theory. It uses census data and time geography to create a synthetic population with …

Social psychological theory posits entities and mechanisms that attempt to explain
observable differences in behavior. For example, dual process theory suggests that an …

Abstract O pen S treet M ap (OSM) represents one of the most well‐known examples of a
collaborative map** project. Major research efforts have so far dealt with data quality …

Collaborative map** projects, such as OpenStreetMap (OSM), have received tremendous
amounts of contributed data from voluntary participants over time. So far, most research …

The routine activities of a sample of 147 incarcerated sexual offenders were studied. During
interviews conducted between 1994 and 2000 in a province of Canada, data were collected …

Simple Agent-Based Models (ABMs) of social influence assume that agents can perfectly
discriminate between the actions of their peers or implicitly agree on a population-wide …