NCJ Number
80218
Journal
Indian Journal of Criminology Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (July 1981) Pages: 91-98
Date Published
1981
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Methodology and findings are presented from a study of the ecological characteristics of the census areas where crimes are committed and offenders reside in Madras City (India).
Abstract
Madras City was chosen for the study because it was the foremost city in the Southern States in 1975 crimes. Crimes reported and registered in the First Information Reports during 1975 were collected from 51 police stations of the city. Only those crimes that had a sufficiently large number of cases were included in the study. Each crime occurrence and offender residence was located by address in census divisions. The ecological factors examined were property crime environment, ethnicity, physical congestion, social change, low family structure (high proportion of female workers in trade and commerce), violent crime environment, physical change, low crowding, low gambling, and low social rank. Findings show that the place of crime occurrence and place of offenders' residence vary from one part of the city to another and that the difference in their distribution are reflected in the variation in a great variety of physical, social, demographic, and occupational indexes across census divisions of the city. The analysis is based on the characteristics and relationships of census divisions and not of persons; therefore, any conclusions derived from the analysis pertain to areas rather than characteristics of individuals. Tabular and graphic data and 10 references are provided.