Citation

Weisburd D, Amram S. Police Pract. Res. 2014; 15(2): 101-114.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15614263.2013.874169

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Weisburd, Groff, and Yang argue that there is a 'law of concentrations of crime at place' within cities. In this paper, we provide a test for this proposition in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. We found that crime concentrations at street segments in 2010 were remarkably similar to those observed in American cities. About 4.5% of the street segments produced approximately 50% of the crime, and about 1% of street segments produced 25% of crime. Our study provides important verification of the broad applicability of the law of crime concentrations at place.