Then they simply go somewhere else: The effect of hotspot policing on crime development
European Journal of Criminology
Published online on July 16, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of Criminology, Ahead of Print.
Weapon ban zones (WBZs) are popular among practitioners and policymakers because of their symbolic impact on the public and their relative ease of implementation as hotspot policing tools. However, despite a large body of research on hotspot policing, the ...
Weapon ban zones (WBZs) are popular among practitioners and policymakers because of their symbolic impact on the public and their relative ease of implementation as hotspot policing tools. However, despite a large body of research on hotspot policing, the ...