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Information about specific crimes is not the only safety-related information available to (or useful to) the police or the community. Safety is a multifaceted issue, and crime is only one aspect (an important one, to be sure). This chapter focuses on the nature of incivilities, which are acts or situations that may not be criminal, but that have an adverse effect on a community. The extent to which police data can be used to provide information about incivilities, and thus improve community safety, is described as well. Also discussed are the nature of the community’s perceptions of dangerous locations, or hot spots.
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Maltz, M.D., Gordon, A.C., Friedman, W. (1991). Understanding and Using Information About Incivilities. In: Mapping Crime in Its Community Setting. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3042-7_4
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