International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences

Open Access
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

The spatial pattern of commuting of property offenders in Chennai city

  • Author:
  • A. Sivamurthy1, R. Thilagaraj2,
  • Total Page Count: 17
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 502 to 518

1UGC Emeritus Fellow, Department of Criminology, University of Madras, Chennai.

2Professor & Head, Department of Criminology, University of Madras, Chennai.

Abstract

A study has been conducted in the City of Chennai and the data collected from eighty one police stations revealed interesting findings on spatial pattern of commuting of Property offenders in Chennai City. The study shows that the spatial interaction is highly significant between relatively deprived divisions and more flourishing divisions. It is also noted, that the interacting divisions are essentially the adjacent areas in the inner part of the Chennai City.The long distance journey is more a function of environmental opportunity and accessibility of the destination.

Keywords

GIS application, Remote Sensing, property offenders