Evaluation of Spatial Distribution and Role of the Environment in the Occurrence of the Crime of Robbery in Four Areas of Kerman

Crime is an unsuitable social phenomenon with many negative economic and social consequences. To control crime in the country, identifying the roots of crime is of great importance. The statistics show that there are important factors in the occurrence of the crime, one of the most important of which is environmental factors. Environmental factors are the basis for various types of crimes, one of the most important of which is theft of crime. The main purpose of this research is to investigate and identify the factors affecting theft in Kerman city in 2016, which has been investigated in four regions.
This research is an analytical-descriptive study and in collecting information, library methods, documents (use of documents, information and statistics of devices and organizations) and surveys have been used and mapping and analyzing information is also done using GIS software.
Findings: The main reasons for robbery in Kerman are unemployment, lack of policing control, spatial location, physical-environmental and time-based issue.
With the spatial analysis obtained in this study, it was found that the crime of robbery is more likely to occur on the outskirts of Kerman. Of course, in some of the central regions and the old texture, too much of this crime is due to environmental-physical conditions. Most cases of theft, including car theft, occurred in areas four, one, three, and two, respectively.