Are There Non-Business Days for Crime? A Small-Area Bayesian Spatiotemporal Analysis of Crime Patterns

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Renan Cai Su-Yin Tan a University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canadab International Space University, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, FranceRenan Cai is a PhD candidate in geography at the University of Waterloo. The primary focus of his research is to utilize spatial statistics and spatiotemporal modeling techniques to investigate the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of urban neighborhoods.Su-Yin Tan is Dean, Vice President of Academics and Research at the International Space University, France. She is also an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in Geomatics and Director of the Applied Geomatics Research Laboratory at the University of Waterloo, Canada, jointly appointed to the School of Planning and the Department of Geography and Environmental Management. Her specialization is in geographic information systems, remote sensing, and spatial data analysis methodologies in a range of application areas, such as crime, public health, climatology, and ecosystem modeling.

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