Modelling the Spatial Distribution of Suburban Crime
通过空间自相关和回归分析，研究了芝加哥郊区犯罪的空间分布，发现暴力犯罪与距离芝加哥市中心的距离相关，而财产犯罪则与零售和制造业活动位置相关。
This paper examines the spatial distribution of crime among Chicago's suburbs by completing a spatial autocorrelation and regression analysis of crime occurrence rates. The results suggest that there is little interjurisdictional spillover of violent crime among the suburbs of Chicago. Rather, the clustered spatial pattern of crime and its decay with distance to the city of Chicago reflects the nonrandom spatial distribution of offender rates. The distribution of property crime exhibits neither spatial autocorrelation nor a relationship with distance to Chicago. Instead, it is closely associated with the location of retail and manufacturing activities. This suggests that the journey to property crime extends many miles and crosses suburban boundaries.