2012 Volume 16 Pages 1-9
Various crimes have been decreasing but many people feel uneasy about public safety. Especially, they feel uneasy about crimes against children. The purpose of this study is to research relationships between crimes committed against children and urban space characteristics by using spatial analysis methods such as Kernel density estimation and space syntax theory. The following results were obtained. 1) The hotspot of crimes committed against children moves as year proceed. 2) Crimes committed against children occur easily in roads where centeredness is high and near schools. Besides, it can be said that it is necessary to do comparison analysis using data of many years in order to know the pattern crime occurrence in urban space.
