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Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia

Identifying the geographic areas with a high concentration of house break-in incidents is crucial in policing and prevention initiations. Despite the popularity of geographic information system in mapping residential burglary, not many studies have explored...

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Main Authors:	Molood, Seifi, Syarmila Hani, Haron, Aldrin, Abdullah, Tarmiji, Masron, Mohd Nor, Arshad, Mina, Seifi, Tareq, Salah
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Language:	English
Published:	The Mattingley Publishing Co., Inc. 2020
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	my.unimas.ir.310782020-08-10T04:45:51Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31078/ Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia Molood, Seifi Syarmila Hani, Haron Aldrin, Abdullah Tarmiji, Masron Mohd Nor, Arshad Mina, Seifi Tareq, Salah H Social Sciences (General) Identifying the geographic areas with a high concentration of house break-in incidents is crucial in policing and prevention initiations. Despite the popularity of geographic information system in mapping residential burglary, not many studies have explored the significance level of the areas comprising crime to understand the severity of the hot spots. Hence, this study sought to identify the geographic location of the residential burglary hotspotsin Penang Island and explores their spatial configuration. The latest available (2011 to 2013) police-recorded incidents of house break-in for day and night were collected from Penang Islands Headquarters, Georgetown. Geocoding technique was used to map the exact postal address of the houses in GIS. This study applied two spatial analysis tools, namely ‘Getis-Ord or Gi*’ and ‘Average Nearest Neighbor’ to detect the locations of the hotspots of residential burglary hotspots. The results demonstrated a high clustering value for the residential burglary hotspotsin the year 2013. The study concludes that even though most of the subdistricts of Penang Island have low or average-value clusters, but the increasing claustration value of the hotspot from 2011 to 2013 proofs that there is a persistent underlying physical or socioeconomic issue in these areas. Therefore, detection of the relatively in more vulnerable areas in this study makesthe decision of resource allocation for further exploration and immediate treatment by the authorities easier. Overlapping of the hotspot maps generated in this study with other maps such as various crime types, land use, and socio-demographic maps will help in deeper scrutinization of the reasons behind the occurrence of house break-in of the hotspots The Mattingley Publishing Co., Inc. 2020-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31078/1/Applying%20Geographic%20Information%20System%20to%20Locate%20theResidential%20burglary%20Hotspots%20in%20Penang%20Island%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Molood, Seifi and Syarmila Hani, Haron and Aldrin, Abdullah and Tarmiji, Masron and Mohd Nor, Arshad and Mina, Seifi and Tareq, Salah (2020) Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia. Test Engineering and Management, 83. pp. 13840-13846. ISSN 0193-4120
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) Molood, Seifi Syarmila Hani, Haron Aldrin, Abdullah Tarmiji, Masron Mohd Nor, Arshad Mina, Seifi Tareq, Salah Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia
description	Identifying the geographic areas with a high concentration of house break-in incidents is crucial in policing and prevention initiations. Despite the popularity of geographic information system in mapping residential burglary, not many studies have explored the significance level of the areas comprising crime to understand the severity of the hot spots. Hence, this study sought to identify the geographic location of the residential burglary hotspotsin Penang Island and explores their spatial configuration. The latest available (2011 to 2013) police-recorded incidents of house break-in for day and night were collected from Penang Islands Headquarters, Georgetown. Geocoding technique was used to map the exact postal address of the houses in GIS. This study applied two spatial analysis tools, namely ‘Getis-Ord or Gi*’ and ‘Average Nearest Neighbor’ to detect the locations of the hotspots of residential burglary hotspots. The results demonstrated a high clustering value for the residential burglary hotspotsin the year 2013. The study concludes that even though most of the subdistricts of Penang Island have low or average-value clusters, but the increasing claustration value of the hotspot from 2011 to 2013 proofs that there is a persistent underlying physical or socioeconomic issue in these areas. Therefore, detection of the relatively in more vulnerable areas in this study makesthe decision of resource allocation for further exploration and immediate treatment by the authorities easier. Overlapping of the hotspot maps generated in this study with other maps such as various crime types, land use, and socio-demographic maps will help in deeper scrutinization of the reasons behind the occurrence of house break-in of the hotspots
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author	Molood, Seifi Syarmila Hani, Haron Aldrin, Abdullah Tarmiji, Masron Mohd Nor, Arshad Mina, Seifi Tareq, Salah
author_facet	Molood, Seifi Syarmila Hani, Haron Aldrin, Abdullah Tarmiji, Masron Mohd Nor, Arshad Mina, Seifi Tareq, Salah
author_sort	Molood, Seifi
title	Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia
title_short	Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia
title_full	Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia
title_sort	applying geographic information system to locate the residential burglary hotspots in penang island, malaysia
publisher	The Mattingley Publishing Co., Inc.
publishDate	2020
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31078/1/Applying%20Geographic%20Information%20System%20to%20Locate%20theResidential%20burglary%20Hotspots%20in%20Penang%20Island%2C%20Malaysia.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31078/
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Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia

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