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Caraterísticas dos espaços físicos e estatísticas oficiais do crime: análise comparativa no centro histórico do Porto
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O fenómeno da criminalidade urbana influencia o quotidiano dos cidadãos, uma vez que afeta o seu bem-estar, a qualidade de vida e o sentimento de (in)segurança. Assim, torna-se extremamente pertinente a prevenção criminal, pelo que é fundamental obter conhecimento acerca das ocorrências criminais e das características dos espaços físicos potenciadoras de crime, para se apliquem estratégias de Prevenção Criminal Através do Espaço Construído.
Deste modo, o presente trabalho debruça-se sobre a análise das características dos espaços físicos e das estatísticas oficiais do crime no Centro Histórico do Porto (CHP). Para tal, procurou-se observar e identificar características dos espaços físicos, bem como reconhecer quais destas poderiam agir como fatores potenciadores da ocorrência criminal e averiguar quais poderiam ser alvo de intervenção de modo a prevenir o crime. Procurou-se igualmente saber os pontos de associação entre estas características e as ocorrências criminais registadas nesses mesmos locais. Assim, adotou-se uma metodologia mista, com predomínio de dados qualitativos, e desenvolveu-se um estudo exploratório e descritivo, transversal, observacional e em meio natural, baseado na análise documental e na observação. A amostra é constituída pelo registo de observação de 410 arruamentos pertencentes à área geográfica do CHP e por 15.853 registos do crime participado ao Comando Metropolitano do Porto da Polícia de Segurança Pública, nas seis antigas freguesias que atualmente integram a União de Freguesias do CHP, entre 2015 e 2019.
Os resultados evidenciaram a presença de características potenciadoras de crime no CHP, as quais devem ser intervencionadas no sentido da prevenção criminal. Da presente investigação realça-se igualmente a necessidade do desenvolvimento de mais estudos pelo território nacional.
The urban crime phenomenon influences citizens’ daily lives, as it affects their wellbeing, quality of life, and the feeling of (in)security. Thus, crime prevention is extremely relevant, so it is essential to obtain knowledge about criminal occurrences and characteristics of physical spaces that could enhance crime, so that strategies of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design are applied. The present work focuses on the relationship between the characteristics of physical spaces and the official statistics of crime in the Historic Centre of Porto (HCP). To this end, it was necessary to observe and identify characteristics of physical spaces, as well to recognize which of these could act as factors that could enhance the criminal occurrence and investigate which ones could be the target of intervention in order to prevent crime. It was also relevant to know the association points between these characteristics and the criminal occurrences recorded in those same places. Thus, a mixed methodology was adopted, with a predominance of qualitative data, and an exploratory and descriptive, cross-sectional, observational, and natural study was developed, based on document analysis and on observation. The sample consists of the record of the observation of 410 streets belonging to the geographical area of the HCP, as well as by records of 15.853 criminal occurrences participated in Public Security Police, in the six former parishes that currently belong to the Union of Parishes of HCP, between 2015 and 2019. The results showed the presence of crime-enhancing characteristics in the HCP, which should be intervened to prevent crime. This research study also highlights the need for further studies in national territory.
The urban crime phenomenon influences citizens’ daily lives, as it affects their wellbeing, quality of life, and the feeling of (in)security. Thus, crime prevention is extremely relevant, so it is essential to obtain knowledge about criminal occurrences and characteristics of physical spaces that could enhance crime, so that strategies of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design are applied. The present work focuses on the relationship between the characteristics of physical spaces and the official statistics of crime in the Historic Centre of Porto (HCP). To this end, it was necessary to observe and identify characteristics of physical spaces, as well to recognize which of these could act as factors that could enhance the criminal occurrence and investigate which ones could be the target of intervention in order to prevent crime. It was also relevant to know the association points between these characteristics and the criminal occurrences recorded in those same places. Thus, a mixed methodology was adopted, with a predominance of qualitative data, and an exploratory and descriptive, cross-sectional, observational, and natural study was developed, based on document analysis and on observation. The sample consists of the record of the observation of 410 streets belonging to the geographical area of the HCP, as well as by records of 15.853 criminal occurrences participated in Public Security Police, in the six former parishes that currently belong to the Union of Parishes of HCP, between 2015 and 2019. The results showed the presence of crime-enhancing characteristics in the HCP, which should be intervened to prevent crime. This research study also highlights the need for further studies in national territory.
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Crime urbano Espaço físico Prevenção criminal através do espaço construído Estatísticas oficiais do crime Urban crime Physical space Crime prevention through environmental design Official statistics of crime