crime concentration index
crime concentration index
crime concentration index
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Crime Rates<br />
• Crime rates standardize <strong>crime</strong> counts to some<br />
common denominator such as population<br />
• When studying <strong>crime</strong>s-against-persons this<br />
reflects the number of <strong>crime</strong>s compared to<br />
the population “at risk”<br />
• By standardizing the count, we can compare<br />
disparate areal units with one another