Street pattern effects on snatch incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip

Snatch theft has become a serious issue in Malaysia especially in cities. It tends to 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 identify the street pattern in urban area that influence t...

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Main Authors: Anith Nabilah, Mustafa, Siti Rasidah, Md Sakip
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Language:English
Published: UiTM Press Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29826/
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description Snatch theft has become a serious issue in Malaysia especially in cities. It tends to 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 identify the street pattern in urban area that influence the snatch theft activities. The street pattern is identified by using the Geographic Information System (GIS) to determine and analyse the area with high snatch theft cases. It was found that the area with high number ofreported snatch theft cases possessed a fragmented parallel street pattern.
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spelling uitm-298262020-04-09T05:22:06Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29826/ Street pattern effects on snatch incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip myse Anith Nabilah, Mustafa Siti Rasidah, Md Sakip Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation Crimes and criminal classes Snatch theft has become a serious issue in Malaysia especially in cities. It tends to 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 identify the street pattern in urban area that influence the snatch theft activities. The street pattern is identified by using the Geographic Information System (GIS) to determine and analyse the area with high snatch theft cases. It was found that the area with high number ofreported snatch theft cases possessed a fragmented parallel street pattern. UiTM Press Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29826/1/29826.pdf Anith Nabilah, Mustafa and Siti Rasidah, Md Sakip (2017) Street pattern effects on snatch 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>, 2 (1). pp. 137-159. ISSN 0128-326X http://www.myse.my/
spellingShingle Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation
Crimes and criminal classes
Anith Nabilah, Mustafa
Siti Rasidah, Md Sakip
Street pattern effects on snatch incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title Street pattern effects on snatch incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_full Street pattern effects on snatch incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_fullStr Street pattern effects on snatch incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_full_unstemmed Street pattern effects on snatch incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_short Street pattern effects on snatch incidents / Anith Nabilah Mustafa and Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
title_sort street pattern effects on snatch incidents / anith nabilah mustafa and siti rasidah md sakip
topic Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation
Crimes and criminal classes
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29826/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29826/