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Burglaries in France
reveal a nonlinear link between the centrality of place of residence and the rate of
victimization. Households located in low-density rural areas and those located in
high-density downtown ones are less often victims than households in the peripheral
suburban areas.
These initial results thus provide significant information with regard to public
policy because they allow profiles of households that are more at risk of burglary to be
highlighted. In consequence, the preventative measures that can be taken among the
population can be adapted in light of these household characteristics.
This exploratory analysis needs to be expanded and completed, in particular
by implementing analytical techniques to identify the effects of individual factors
and by measuring their marginal effect on the likelihood of being a victim of this
type of offense. In so doing, it would be possible to conduct more detailed analysis in
terms of characteristics and to modulate the composition of the profiles of burglarized
households.
Appendices
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