Spatial and temporal diffusion of political violence in North and West Africa

David B. Skillicorn; Olivier J. Walther; Quan Zheng; Christian Leuprecht

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Spatial and temporal diffusion of political violence in North and West Africa

David B. Skillicorn, Olivier J. Walther, Quan Zheng, Christian Leuprecht

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The study of how crime and political violence diffuse across time and space has greatly benefited from the increasing availability of geo-referenced data and the use of spatial statistical analysis (O’Loughlin and Raleigh 2008;Zammit-Mangionet al. 2013; Metternich et al. 2017). In urban policing, for example, the design and use of hot-spot analysis based on historical data allows us to predict when and where various kinds of crime are most likely to occur, and to preposition policing assets accordingly (Braga 2005). In this limited sense, predictive modeling of crimes has been remarkably effective. The urban environment lends itself to this kind of analysis: criminals are creatures of habit, they tend to travel limited distances, and some areas are naturallymore target-richthan others.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	African Border Disorders
Subtitle of host publication	Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations
Editors	Olivier J. Walther, William F.S. Miles
Place of Publication	Oxon, UK
Publisher	Routledge, Taylor and Francis
Chapter	4
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315166483, 9781351680127
ISBN (Print)	9781138054684
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315166483-5
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

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political violence
extremist organizations
tribal homogeneity

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African Border Disorders: Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations. ed. / Olivier J. Walther; William F.S. Miles. Oxon, UK : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2017.

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