Citation

Levine N. Secur. J. 2008; 21(4): 295-302.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group -- Palgrave-Macmillan)

DOI

10.1057/sj.2008.5

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The recent article by Chainey et al. (2008) in the Security Journal made an important contribution to the analysis of crime hotspots by developing a criterion for comparing methods that identify hotspots. However, the methodology they adopted to compare several specific hotspot techniques was limited and, consequently, raised doubts about the conclusions they drew.