O presente trabalho analisou fatores considerados relevantes para avaliar relações entre a ocorrência ou a percepção de violência, insegurança e medo. A avaliação da diferenciação socioespacial e de elementos que possibilitaram ...

In this article we discuss the reactions and responses of Brazilian motorcycle couriers (motoboys) to the risk of predatory crimes. We show that they work two simultaneous and overlapping “shifts”: the first involves ...

The study of "places" has recently received special attention as a research topic in contemporary criminology. To understand the variation of violence across space, realizing the interrelations between structural properties ...

The link between place and crime is at the base of social ecology theories of crime that focus in the relationship of the characteristics of geographical areas and crime rates. The broken windows theory states that visible ...

The proposal here is an analysis of the formation of urban spaces of uses of crack in the neighborhood of Lagoinha, central region of Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Known as "Cracolandias", these territories ...

The reduction of urban crime is a paramount policy concern worldwide. Governments have implemented a wide variety of programs to control crime, ranging from hot spots policing to transitional jobs for ex-convicts. Over the ...

Today, to study a geospatial and spatio-temporal phenomena requires searching statistical tools that enable the analysis of the dependency of space, time and interactions. The science that studies this kind of subjects is ...

Today, to study a geospatial and spatio-temporal phenomena requires searching statistical tools that enable the analysis of the dependency of space, time and interactions. The science that studies this kind of subjects is ...