Abstract

The recent article by Chainey et al. (2008) in the Security Journal made an important contribution to the analysis of crime hotspots by developing a criterion for comparing methods that identify hotspots. However, the methodology they adopted to compare several specific hotspot techniques was limited and, consequently, raised doubts about the conclusions they drew.

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