Amenities and crime: What is the association of amenities with crime in urban areas of Cuenca, Ecuador?

IF 1.7 Q2 GEOGRAPHY Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI:10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100062
Paúl Sebastián Loja , Wilmer Mateo Heras , César Andrés Mendoza
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The study of crime and its associated factors is fundamental to improving the well-being of a society. In this context, this study aimed to understand the influence of amenities on crime in the urban areas of Cuenca (Ecuador). To this purpose, data was obtained from public entities and Google Places API. The empirical strategy employed involved the estimation of a set of spatial econometric models. The results show that amenities have an attractor effect on crime, thus reflecting that criminals act in places where there is a large accumulation of people. It was also found that the presence of government entities has no effect on crime.

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研究犯罪及其相关因素对于改善社会福祉至关重要。在此背景下,本研究旨在了解昆卡(厄瓜多尔)城市地区的便利设施对犯罪的影响。为此,研究人员从公共实体和 Google Places API 获取数据。所采用的实证策略包括估算一组空间计量经济模型。结果表明,便利设施对犯罪有吸引作用,从而反映出犯罪分子在有大量人口聚集的地方活动。研究还发现,政府实体的存在对犯罪没有影响。
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期刊介绍: Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) is the official policy and practitioner orientated journal of the Regional Science Association International. It is an international journal that publishes high quality papers in applied regional science that explore policy and practice issues in regional and local development. It welcomes papers from a range of academic disciplines and practitioners including planning, public policy, geography, economics and environmental science and related fields. Papers should address the interface between academic debates and policy development and application. RSPP provides an opportunity for academics and policy makers to develop a dialogue to identify and explore many of the challenges facing local and regional economies.
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