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: Criminology theories imply that time is a relevant variable, especially for the prevention
and intervention of criminal occurrences. Thus, the study of criminal temporal patterns has been
described as being of great relevance. The present study focuses on describing and exploring
the influence of temporal and seasonal variables on the occurrence of different types of theft in
the Historic Centre of Porto through the analysis of official records of the Public Security Police.
Significant differences were found regarding the time of day and season of occurrence, even though
it is not observed for all the types of theft analysed. Overall, theft was more prevalent at night and
less frequent during winter, which is congruent with previous literature and the routine activity
theory. Being the first case study in Porto city, Portugal, this research may be of extreme importance
for both designing prevention and intervention policies in the area, and for inspiring future research
on a criminal time analysis.
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Keywords
urban criminality; thefts; official police records; seasonality analysis; temporal analysis
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Citation
Azevedo, Vanessa, Mariana Magalhães, Daniela Paulo, Rui Leandro Maia, Gisela M. Oliveira, Maria Simas Guerreiro, Ana Isabel Sani, and Laura M. Nunes. 2021. Temporal Variability of Theft Types in the Historic Centre of Porto. Social Sciences 10: 371. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/socsci10100371
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MDPI