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Center for Problem - Oriented Policing Page 2 of 2 <br /> behaviors that might constitute problems. <br /> • Place. Certain places can be common to incidents. Incidents involving one or more problem behaviors may occur a <br /> example, a street corner, a house, a business, a park, a neighborhood, or a school. Some incidents occur in abstract <br /> places such as cyberspace, on the telephone, or through other information networks. <br /> • Persons. Certain individuals or groups of people can be common to incidents. These people could be either offende <br /> victims. Incidents involving one or more behaviors, occurring in one or more places may be attributed to, for exam <br /> youth gang, a lone person, a group of prostitutes, a group of chronic inebriates, or a property owner. Or incidents n <br /> be causing harm to, for example, residents of a neighborhood, senior citizens, young children, or a lone individual. <br /> • Time. Certain times can be common to incidents. Incidents involving one or more behaviors, in one or more places <br /> caused by or affecting one or more people may happen at, for example, traffic rush hour, bar closing time, the holic <br /> shopping season, or during an annual festival. <br /> There is growing evidence that, in fact, crime and disorder does cluster in these ways. It is not evenly distributed across tin <br /> place, or people. Increasingly, police and researchers are recognizing some of these clusters as: <br /> • Repeat offenders attacking different targets at different places. <br /> • Repeat victims repeatedly attacked by different offenders at different places. <br /> • Repeat places (or hot spots) involving different offenders and different targets interacting at the same place. <br /> The Problem Analysis Triangle was derived from the routine activity approach to explaining how and why crime occurs. TI <br /> theory argues that when a crime occurs, three things happen at the same time and in the same space: <br /> • a suitable target is available. <br /> • there is the lack of a suitable guardian to prevent the crime from happening. <br /> • a motivated offender is present. <br /> To learn more about routine activity theory click here and check out the list of readings under the POP Center <br /> recommended readings. <br /> Next Page <br /> Horne 1 Problems 1 Responses 1 Tools 1 Library 1 About POP Center 1 Learning Center <br /> Privacy Policy 1 Copyright © 2003 Center for Problem Oriented Policing <br /> Q - <br /> http://www.popcentenorg/about-triangle.htm http: / /www.popcenter.org/about- triangle.htm 11/9/2004 <br />