TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Carjacking: a comparison between Campinas, Brazil and Detroit, Michigan
JO  - Journal of contemporary criminal justice
A1  - Felson, Marcus
A1  - Melo, Silas Nogueira de
A1  - Xu, Yanqing
A1  - Jiang, Shanhe
SP  - 105
EP  - 119
VL  - 38
IS  - 1
N2  - Carjacking calls for a specialized analysis because it occurs at lightning speed within very brief windows of opportunity. This article describes the geographic distribution of carjacking in Campinas, Brazil, and then compares this pattern with Detroit, Michigan. We learn that raw numbers of carjackings are widely dispersed in both cities. Although these cities differ greatly in daily transportation systems, in both cities the carjacking risk estimate is greatest where motorists stop for other reasons--at gas stations or corners (Detroit); on short street blocks (Campinas). We make very limited inferences about carjacking around the world due to the limited number of cities studied thus far. However, we do suggest that carjacking reduction is most amenable to product-based forms of situational crime prevention.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1043-9862
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10439862211034346
ID  - ref1
ER  -