Abstract:
El progreso tecnológico y científico genera siempre oportunidades para el estudio del crimen, en este caso, fomentando el aún reciente interés por los patrones espaciales del delito, es decir, el “crime mapping”. Múltiples teorías criminológicas han intentado dilucidar qué variables socioambientale... Ver más
Technological and scientific progress always generates opportunities for the study of crime, in this case, fostering the still recent interest in the spatial patterns of crime, i.e. crime mapping. Multiple criminological theories have tried to elucidate which socio-environmental variables generate crime in space, but the relationship is still not clear, let alone for all contexts. The present study is based on a kernel density map of victimizations developed from the 2022 Barcelona Metropolitan Area Victimization Survey, applying a mixed design for the study of hot spots in order to analyse the spatial characteristic of crime in the city of Barcelona. Firstly, a quantitative approach has been carried out in ArcGIS, through a count of certain indicators of interest in areas of influence of the "hot spots", as well as a visual graphical analysis through maps. Secondly, Google Street View has been used to carry out a qualitative observational approach to each crime hot spot in order to understand the relationship between socio-environmental variables and the criminal phenomenon in each of them. The results show, in line with the available evidence, that hot spots share certain socio-environmental characteristics, and that tourism is the most important variable, although the narrative is different for each hot spot. Despite the limitations of the study and the need to explore these relationships in depth, it has been possible to demonstrate the great potential and efficiency of both techniques, especially when used in a mixed manner, in elucidating why certain areas of a city are conducive to crime.
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