The Impact of Road Networks on Crime Rates in Saudi Arabia

Title
The Impact of Road Networks on Crime Rates in Saudi Arabia
Publication Date
2019-06
Author(s)
Algahtany, Mofza
Kumar, Lalit
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-756X
Email: lkumar@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lkumar
Barclay, Elaine
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Ohio State University Libraries
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.18061/1811/87905
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/29913
Abstract
This study examined the influence of the quality and extent of road networks on crime rates in both urban and rural areas of Jizan province, Saudi Arabia. We performed both Ordinary Least Squares regression (OLS) and Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) where crime rate was the dependent variable and paved (sealed) roads, non-paved (unsealed/dirt) roads and population density were the explanatory variables. Population density was a control variable. The findings revealed that across all fourteen districts, those with better quality paved road networks recorded lower rates of crime than the districts with unpaved roads. Furthermore, the more extensive the road networks, the lower the crime rate, whether the roads were paved or not. The findings concur with those of studies conducted in other countries which reveal that rural areas are not always the safe, crime-free places they are often believed to be.
Link
Citation
International Journal of Rural Criminology, 4(2), p. 292-311
ISSN
2768-3109
Start page
292
End page
311
Rights
Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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