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Using police data to measure criminogenic exposure in residential and school contexts: experiences from a data linkage project in Germany
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Abstract
Police data and survey research provide different bases to inform research on crime and delinquency. We argue that linking police data on local crime incidences to criminological surveys allows for new insights on the role of residential and school contexts for juvenile delinquency and violence. We ... view more
Police data and survey research provide different bases to inform research on crime and delinquency. We argue that linking police data on local crime incidences to criminological surveys allows for new insights on the role of residential and school contexts for juvenile delinquency and violence. We describe the challenges and solutions of combining these data sources in a collaboration between the state police of North Rhine-Westphalia – Germany’s most populous state – and social scientists from a major German university. In this academic-practitioner partnership, data from a four-wave longitudinal study of more than 3800 students were linked to spatially aggregated data from the police crime statistics for the years 2013–2016. We discuss how the simulation of nearby addresses can serve as a tool for anonymized data linkage, how knowledge of the local data collection practices is crucial to evaluate the geocoding accuracy of address-level crime data, and how sensitivity and implication analyses can help to reduce uncertainties at the analysis stage. We also give recommendations for future research and data collection practices.... view less
Keywords
police; survey; data; case study; neighborhood; Federal Republic of Germany; criminality; North Rhine-Westphalia; survey research; data capture; youth
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
Geographic crime analysis; neighborhoods; police data bias; record management system; data linkage; German police
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 473-488
Journal
Police Practice and Research, 23 (2022) 4
Issue topic
The Importance of Data in Policing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2022.2046569
ISSN
1477-271X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0
FundingGefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491156185 / Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) - Project number 491156185