As Violence Unfolds: A Space–Time Study of Situational Triggers of Violent Victimization Among Urban Youth

• Published in: Journal of quantitative criminology Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 119 - 152
• Main Authors: Dong, Beidi, Morrison, Christopher N., Branas, Charles C., Richmond, Therese S., Wiebe, Douglas J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.03.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Assaults; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Environmental aspects; Friendship; Geographic information systems; Guardians; Law and Criminolgy; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Original Paper; Public spaces; Risk; Sociology; Statistics; Time; Time study; Victimization; Violence; Violent crime; Youth; Spatio-temporal analysis; Violent victimization; Situational triggers; Routine activities; Social disorganization; routine activities; social disorganization; situational triggers; spatio-temporal analysis

Objectives This study clarifies three important issues regarding situational or opportunity theories of victimization: (1) whether engaging in risk activities triggers violent assault during specific, often fleeting moments, (2) how environmental settings along individuals’ daily paths affect their...