Research on crime concentration at micro-places has had a very western-industrialised focus. In this paper we provide results on crime concentration for 42 cities in Latin America. The results suggest that crime is concentrated at higher levels in Latin American cities than in western-industrialised contexts. Reasons for this do not appear to be related to population size, average street length, numbers of crimes or crime rates. The results offer an indication of the crime reduction opportunities that could come from the implementation of programs that are precisely targeted to the micro-places where crime has been observed to highly concentrate, such as hot spot policing.

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拉丁美洲微小场所的犯罪集中度

对微观场所犯罪集中度的研究一直是西方工业化的重点。在本文中，我们提供了拉丁美洲42个城市的犯罪集中度结果。结果表明，与西方工业化背景相比，拉丁美洲城市中的犯罪集中在较高的水平。原因似乎与人口规模，平均街道长度，犯罪数量或犯罪率无关。结果提供了减少犯罪的机会，这些机会可能来自实施针对精确地观察到犯罪高度集中的微观地方的方案，例如热点地区治安。