Beyond crime statistics: the construction and application of a criminogenity monitor in Amsterdam

R. van Steden, J.C.J. Boutellier, R Scholte, M. Heijnen

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Abstract

Criminologists have devoted a great deal of attention to risk factors - also called criminogenic factors - leading to criminal offending. This paper presents a criminogenity monitor which includes 19 risk factors that underlie crime. These factors do not themselves cause criminal behaviour; rather, they must be seen as signals that crimes may be committed. After discussing how the criminogenity monitor was constructed, we apply the risk factors we examined to the situation in Amsterdam, capital city of the Netherlands. The monitor is intended to function particularly as an instrument to rationalise policy-makers' work in targeting and preventing symptoms of crime at three geographical levels: the entire city, its boroughs and its neighbourhoods. © 2012 The Author(s).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)47-62
JournalEuropean Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
Volume19
Issue number1
Early online date17 Jul 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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