Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Azevedo, Vanessa
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Magalhães, Mariana, Paulo, Daniela, Maia, Rui, Oliveira, Gisela, Guerreiro, Maria Simas, Sani, Ana, Nunes, Laura M.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28324
Resumo: : Criminology theories imply that time is a relevant variable, especially for the prevention and intervention of criminal occurrences. Thus, the study of criminal temporal patterns has been described as being of great relevance. The present study focuses on describing and exploring the influence of temporal and seasonal variables on the occurrence of different types of theft in the Historic Centre of Porto through the analysis of official records of the Public Security Police. Significant differences were found regarding the time of day and season of occurrence, even though it is not observed for all the types of theft analysed. Overall, theft was more prevalent at night and less frequent during winter, which is congruent with previous literature and the routine activity theory. Being the first case study in Porto city, Portugal, this research may be of extreme importance for both designing prevention and intervention policies in the area, and for inspiring future research on a criminal time analysis.
id RCAP_46bba50203c7c5df357359c6303d42ad
oai_identifier_str oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/28324
network_acronym_str RCAP
network_name_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository_id_str 7160
spelling Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Portourban criminality; thefts; official police records; seasonality analysis; temporal analysis: Criminology theories imply that time is a relevant variable, especially for the prevention and intervention of criminal occurrences. Thus, the study of criminal temporal patterns has been described as being of great relevance. The present study focuses on describing and exploring the influence of temporal and seasonal variables on the occurrence of different types of theft in the Historic Centre of Porto through the analysis of official records of the Public Security Police. Significant differences were found regarding the time of day and season of occurrence, even though it is not observed for all the types of theft analysed. Overall, theft was more prevalent at night and less frequent during winter, which is congruent with previous literature and the routine activity theory. Being the first case study in Porto city, Portugal, this research may be of extreme importance for both designing prevention and intervention policies in the area, and for inspiring future research on a criminal time analysis.MDPIRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAzevedo, VanessaMagalhães, MarianaPaulo, DanielaMaia, RuiOliveira, GiselaGuerreiro, Maria SimasSani, AnaNunes, Laura M.2023-08-29T13:48:00Z2021-10-012021-10-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28324engAzevedo, Vanessa, Mariana Magalhães, Daniela Paulo, Rui Leandro Maia, Gisela M. Oliveira, Maria Simas Guerreiro, Ana Isabel Sani, and Laura M. Nunes. 2021. Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto. Social Sciences 10: 371. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/socsci1010037110.3390/socsci10100371info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-09-03T01:31:53Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/28324Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:28:08.618863Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
title Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
spellingShingle Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
Azevedo, Vanessa
urban criminality; thefts; official police records; seasonality analysis; temporal analysis
title_short Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
title_full Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
title_fullStr Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
title_full_unstemmed Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
title_sort Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto
author Azevedo, Vanessa
author_facet Azevedo, Vanessa
Magalhães, Mariana
Paulo, Daniela
Maia, Rui
Oliveira, Gisela
Guerreiro, Maria Simas
Sani, Ana
Nunes, Laura M.
author_role author
author2 Magalhães, Mariana
Paulo, Daniela
Maia, Rui
Oliveira, Gisela
Guerreiro, Maria Simas
Sani, Ana
Nunes, Laura M.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Azevedo, Vanessa
Magalhães, Mariana
Paulo, Daniela
Maia, Rui
Oliveira, Gisela
Guerreiro, Maria Simas
Sani, Ana
Nunes, Laura M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv urban criminality; thefts; official police records; seasonality analysis; temporal analysis
topic urban criminality; thefts; official police records; seasonality analysis; temporal analysis
description : Criminology theories imply that time is a relevant variable, especially for the prevention and intervention of criminal occurrences. Thus, the study of criminal temporal patterns has been described as being of great relevance. The present study focuses on describing and exploring the influence of temporal and seasonal variables on the occurrence of different types of theft in the Historic Centre of Porto through the analysis of official records of the Public Security Police. Significant differences were found regarding the time of day and season of occurrence, even though it is not observed for all the types of theft analysed. Overall, theft was more prevalent at night and less frequent during winter, which is congruent with previous literature and the routine activity theory. Being the first case study in Porto city, Portugal, this research may be of extreme importance for both designing prevention and intervention policies in the area, and for inspiring future research on a criminal time analysis.
publishDate 2021
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2021-10-01
2021-10-01T00:00:00Z
2023-08-29T13:48:00Z
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28324
url http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28324
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Azevedo, Vanessa, Mariana Magalhães, Daniela Paulo, Rui Leandro Maia, Gisela M. Oliveira, Maria Simas Guerreiro, Ana Isabel Sani, and Laura M. Nunes. 2021. Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto. Social Sciences 10: 371. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/socsci10100371
10.3390/socsci10100371
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
instname_str Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron_str RCAAP
institution RCAAP
reponame_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
collection Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository.name.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1799133549788397568