JANUS : the spatial and socio-physical faces of crime – a hotspot approach to crime mitigation

Abstract

The project was aimed to create a working model of the criminological, social and physical urban (CRISOLA) interactions that impinge on the implementation of crime-prevention strategies at source. The main aim to study the process from a bottom-up approach taking the NUTS3 regional spatial level as base level was enhanced through the inclusion of NUTS5 levels where it included both administrative regions and active communities. The project map crime and identified the relationships between the three parameters that keep a society intact through social cohesion and build up social capital in order to reduce crime. The results include a review of the operational and administrative perspectives, the creation of a series of indicators and resultant data and maps on the themes.