High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip

Snatch theft incidents are on the rise in Malaysia especially in the cities. It tendsto happen in cities because there is a possibility to commit it and both crime and urban are often associated with each other. The aim of this paper is to find out whether the buildings with two or more levels in ur...

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Main Authors: Anith Nabilah, Mustafa, Siti Rasidah, Md Sakip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29492/
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description Snatch theft incidents are on the rise in Malaysia especially in the cities. It tendsto happen in cities because there is a possibility to commit it and both crime and urban are often associated with each other. The aim of this paper is to find out whether the buildings with two or more levels in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents. The present study has been taken up to detect the hotspots of snatch theft in Selangor, Malaysia. The crime data were obtained by requesting and analysing the index crime statistical data from the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP). This study made use of the Geographical Information System (GIS) where its 3D modelling function to construct, assess and analyse the area with high snatch theft cases. The crime reports of 2010 until 2015 were geocoded and the crime maps were prepared in ArcGIS 10.2. It was found that the hotspot area is a mix-used development area which consists mainly of commercial and residential areas of more than two-level buildings.
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spelling uitm-294922020-04-08T16:10:00Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29492/ High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip myse Anith Nabilah, Mustafa Siti Rasidah, Md Sakip Sustainable buildings. Sustainable construction Snatch theft incidents are on the rise in Malaysia especially in the cities. It tendsto happen in cities because there is a possibility to commit it and both crime and urban are often associated with each other. The aim of this paper is to find out whether the buildings with two or more levels in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents. The present study has been taken up to detect the hotspots of snatch theft in Selangor, Malaysia. The crime data were obtained by requesting and analysing the index crime statistical data from the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP). This study made use of the Geographical Information System (GIS) where its 3D modelling function to construct, assess and analyse the area with high snatch theft cases. The crime reports of 2010 until 2015 were geocoded and the crime maps were prepared in ArcGIS 10.2. It was found that the hotspot area is a mix-used development area which consists mainly of commercial and residential areas of more than two-level buildings. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29492/1/29492.pdf Anith Nabilah, Mustafa and Siti Rasidah, Md Sakip (2017) High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip. (2017) Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (MySE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Journal_of_Sustainable_Environment_=28MySE=29.html>, 3 (2). pp. 65-79. ISSN 0128-326X http://www.myse.my/
spellingShingle Sustainable buildings. Sustainable construction
Anith Nabilah, Mustafa
Siti Rasidah, Md Sakip
High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_full High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_fullStr High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_full_unstemmed High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_short High-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_sort high-raised buildings in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents / anith nabilah mustafa and siti rasidah md sakip
topic Sustainable buildings. Sustainable construction
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29492/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29492/