WHERE OFFENDERS CHOOSE TO ATTACK: A DISCRETE CHOICE MODEL OF ROBBERIES IN CHICAGO*

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Modeling Micro-Level Crime Location Choice: Application of the Discrete Choice Framework to Crime at Places (2010, unknown): “…age 21) and adults (age 22 and beyond) as the mobility of juveniles is often more constrained because they are subjected to more supervision, maybe have less discretionary time available and because they have access to less modes of travel (Bernasco and Block 2009; Bernasco and Nieuwbeerta 2005).”
Inequality and crime revisited: effects of local inequality and economic segregation on crime (2015, background): “…data from Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE show that 46 % of burglaries take place within 1 mile of the offender’s residence (Rengert et al. 1999), and more than 70 % of robberies in Chicago are committed inside the census tract in which the offender lives (Bernasco and Block 2009).”
Why Do Criminals Obey the Law? The Influence of Legitimacy and Social Networks on Active Gun Offenders (2009, background): “This proximity reflects the spatial distributions of violent crime in Chicago (see, for example, Bernasco & Block 2009).9 ---Figure 1 about here--- The final inclusion criterion was the length of time since the individual had been sentenced to either probation or parole.”