Policija i sigurnost, Vol. 35 No. 2, 2026.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.59245/ps.35.2.5
Spatial Behaviour of Robbery Offenders in the City of Zagreb
Ksenija Butorac
; Veleučilište kriminalistike i javne sigurnosti, Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova, Zagreb, Hrvatska.
Dubravka Maurer
; Geodetski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska.
Dubravko Gajski
; Geodetski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska.
Sažetak
In recent decades, increasing attention has been given to the visualisation and analysis of the spatial component of crime in combination with other features that jointly constitute the entirety of a criminal event. This study examined a sample of 165 robbery offences from 2018 linked to known offenders, for which journey-to-crime distances were calculated. These distances were used to calibrate five distance-decay functions: linear, negative exponential, normal, lognormal, and truncated negative exponential. Based on the calibrated parameters of the distance-decay functions, the function that best describes the distribution of journey-to-crime distances was identified. The calculated journey-to-crime distances show a decreasing trend with distance, with over 60% falling within 6 km of the travelled path. Calibration results for the five most commonly used distance-decay functions showed that the truncated negative exponential func tion best describes the distribution of criminal journeys. Furthermore, the study examined the incidence of criminal offences in relation to travelled distance and time of commission, showing an upward trend towards shorter distances during the night and morning hours, whilst during the day, there was greater variation in distance travelled. The study demonstrated that men in the 21-30 age group dominated robbery offences and showed the greatest variation in distance travelled, and that generally male offenders exhibited greater variations in both distances trav elled and times of commission compared to female offenders.
Ključne riječi
robbery; characteristics of perpetrators and crimes; distance decay functions.
Hrčak ID:
347433
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Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2026.
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