crime patterns
type: Concept
definition: Variation in the social, spatial, and temporal patterns of street crime has long drawn attention from scholars, practitioners, and the media. Measures of crime rates are considered important social indicators reflecting the health of our society and are often used to judge the effectiveness of our criminal justice system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Crime Patterns]
broader: perpetrators

perpetrators
type: Concept
narrower: crime patterns

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: crime patterns