Gun violence research from a micro-place perspective: A sco** review

B Dong, T Houser, CS Koper - Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Gun violence poses a significant threat to public safety and health in the United States,
making the prevention and reduction of firearm-related crimes and injuries a paramount …

The effects of gun possession arrests made by a proactive police patrol unit

W Wells, Y Zhang, J Zhao - Policing: An International Journal of Police …, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper aims to estimate the effects of gun possession arrests made by a
specialized, proactive police patrol unit in the Houston Police Department (HPD) …

Curb Appeal: Examining the Influence of Target Similarity on Burglary Patterns

NN Martinez - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This study explores how target similarity influences burglary victimization. There is a large
body of research that suggests that burglary can spread through neighborhoods through a …

Spatiotemporal analysis of shooting-arrest interaction in Houston

L Wu, W Wells - Urban and Regional Planning and Development: 20th …, 2020 - Springer
Researcher believe that repeat and near-repeat phenomena can inform how police react to
earlier crime in preventing the future crime in near space and time. The current research …