| Victims of residential burglary have an elevated risk of re-victimisation, especially shortly after the first crime. Recent research shows that residential burglary is also contagious : the elevated risk in the wake of a burglary not only applies to the victimised property, but also to properties in the surrounding environment. In this project we study this phenomenon. Why and how does it occur? How does it vat across neighbourhoods, and what is the relation with repeat victimisation? Does the phenomenon also apply to other types of crime? We collaborate with researchers from England (Johnson and Bowers at the Jill Dando Institute, London) the USA (Ratcliffe and Rengert at Temple University, Philadelphia) and Australia (Townsley at Griffith University, Brisbane). |
