...Paul Ottaro; Barak Ariel; Vincent Harinam Purpose The objectives of this study are to (a) identify spatial and temporal crime concentrations, (b) supplement the traditional place-based analysis that defines hot spots based on counted incidents with an analysis of crime severity and (c) add...

... in their analyses. Yet, traffic problems take up a significant amount of law enforcement time and resources and are often priorities for most law enforcement agencies. Given what the authors know from traffic, policing and crime and place research, targeted approaches at micro traffic crash hot spots can...

..., 1978). Optimally sized patrol areas can naturally encourage hot spots policing, as areas with more calls for service will produce smaller patrol areas (Mitchell, 1972). Finally, an officer spending more time in their assigned area, as opposed to regularly traveling to different areas to answer calls...

...Charlotte Gill; David Weisburd; Zoe Vitter; Claudia Gross Shader; Tari Nelson-Zagar; Linda Spain Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a case study of a pilot program in which a collaborative problem-solving approach was implemented at hot spots of juvenile and youth crime in downtown...

... hot spots policing. Very little systematic information exists about how agencies have implemented this strategy (Maguire, 2010). Studies that have tested the effects of this approach have been carefully designed and implemented, commonly with researcher involvement, to enhance internal validity. While...