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Papers by Abdullah Alshalan

Journal of crime & justice, 2005

ABSTRACT For more than two decades sociologists have suggested that variations in property crime ... more ABSTRACT For more than two decades sociologists have suggested that variations in property crime rates in the U.S. are largely explained by opportunities for theft. Although well developed theoretically, existing aggregate level research has been constrained in its ability to operationalize the central components of the opportunity perspective. In this analysis, we attempt to improve on prior research in several ways. First, we introduce multiple measures for each of the central concepts of opportunity theory (motivated offenders, lack of guardianship, and suitable targets). Second, we demonstrate that our measures cleanly factor along the expected conceptual dimensions. Third, we test the ability of these factors to explain cross-sectional variation in county level rates of various property crimes. These models generally fit the data well, explaining between 66% and 75% of the variance for the more serious crimes of robbery, burglary and motor vehicle theft, and for the most part performing as expected.

This dissertation is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Ahmed. May Allah bless him and re... more This dissertation is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Ahmed. May Allah bless him and rest him in Paradise. To my mother, Haya. May Allah reward and grant her with a good health. To my beloved and sweetheart wife, Nourah. To my sunshine children, Ahmed and Sadeem. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks and praises are all to be to Allah, who bestowed me with all bounties, and helped to complete this project. I am most grateful to all of those who have made this project possible. First and foremost, I acknowledge my major advisor, Dr. Peter Wood, who guided me and shared with me his rich knowledge to complete this dissertation. His knowledge and guidance were the lights that shed on my way toward the end of this project. I am so thankful to him for giving me the chance to be the first to work on the 2004 National Cyber Crime Victimization Survey dataset.

This dissertation is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Ahmed. May Allah bless him and re... more This dissertation is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Ahmed. May Allah bless him and rest him in Paradise. To my mother, Haya. May Allah reward and grant her with a good health. To my beloved and sweetheart wife, Nourah. To my sunshine children, Ahmed and Sadeem. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks and praises are all to be to Allah, who bestowed me with all bounties, and helped to complete this project. I am most grateful to all of those who have made this project possible. First and foremost, I acknowledge my major advisor, Dr. Peter Wood, who guided me and shared with me his rich knowledge to complete this dissertation. His knowledge and guidance were the lights that shed on my way toward the end of this project. I am so thankful to him for giving me the chance to be the first to work on the 2004 National Cyber Crime Victimization Survey dataset.

Journal of crime & justice, 2005

ABSTRACT For more than two decades sociologists have suggested that variations in property crime ... more ABSTRACT For more than two decades sociologists have suggested that variations in property crime rates in the U.S. are largely explained by opportunities for theft. Although well developed theoretically, existing aggregate level research has been constrained in its ability to operationalize the central components of the opportunity perspective. In this analysis, we attempt to improve on prior research in several ways. First, we introduce multiple measures for each of the central concepts of opportunity theory (motivated offenders, lack of guardianship, and suitable targets). Second, we demonstrate that our measures cleanly factor along the expected conceptual dimensions. Third, we test the ability of these factors to explain cross-sectional variation in county level rates of various property crimes. These models generally fit the data well, explaining between 66% and 75% of the variance for the more serious crimes of robbery, burglary and motor vehicle theft, and for the most part performing as expected.

This dissertation is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Ahmed. May Allah bless him and re... more This dissertation is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Ahmed. May Allah bless him and rest him in Paradise. To my mother, Haya. May Allah reward and grant her with a good health. To my beloved and sweetheart wife, Nourah. To my sunshine children, Ahmed and Sadeem. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks and praises are all to be to Allah, who bestowed me with all bounties, and helped to complete this project. I am most grateful to all of those who have made this project possible. First and foremost, I acknowledge my major advisor, Dr. Peter Wood, who guided me and shared with me his rich knowledge to complete this dissertation. His knowledge and guidance were the lights that shed on my way toward the end of this project. I am so thankful to him for giving me the chance to be the first to work on the 2004 National Cyber Crime Victimization Survey dataset.

This dissertation is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Ahmed. May Allah bless him and re... more This dissertation is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Ahmed. May Allah bless him and rest him in Paradise. To my mother, Haya. May Allah reward and grant her with a good health. To my beloved and sweetheart wife, Nourah. To my sunshine children, Ahmed and Sadeem. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks and praises are all to be to Allah, who bestowed me with all bounties, and helped to complete this project. I am most grateful to all of those who have made this project possible. First and foremost, I acknowledge my major advisor, Dr. Peter Wood, who guided me and shared with me his rich knowledge to complete this dissertation. His knowledge and guidance were the lights that shed on my way toward the end of this project. I am so thankful to him for giving me the chance to be the first to work on the 2004 National Cyber Crime Victimization Survey dataset.