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My current research interests are in the area of the spatial analysis of violent crime, techniques of analytical crime mapping, and the evaluation of geographic profiling methodologies.

Papers

Van Patten, I.T., McKeldin-Coner, J., & Cox D. (2009). A microspatial analysis of robbery: Prospective hot-spotting in a small city. Crime Mapping: A Journal of Research and Practice, 1(1), 7-32.

Van Patten, I.T. & Delhauer, P.Q. (2007). Sexual homicide: A spatial analysis of 25 years of deaths in Los Angeles. Journal of Forensic Science, 52(5), 1129-1141

Van Patten, I.T. & Burke, T.W. (2001). Critical incident stress and the child homicide investigator, Homicide Studies, 5(2), 131-152

Guyer, C.G. & Van Patten, I.T. (1995). The treatment of incest offenders - a hypnotic approach: A brief communication, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 43(3), 266-273

Conference Presentations

Van Patten, I.T. & Hendrix, P.N. (2009, March). Stop-N-Rob: A spatial analysis of convenience store robberies in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC, paper presented at the meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, MA.

Van Patten, I.T., Hendrix, P.N. & Bjerregaard, B. (2008, November). Microspatial Analysis of Rape: Time-of-day, Day-of-week Patterning, Paper presented at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.

Hendrix, P.N., Van Patten, I.T. & Bjerregaard, B. (2008, November). A Spatiotemporal Comparison of Expressive and Instrumental Violent Crime, Poster session at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.

Hendrix, P.N., Van Patten, I.T. & Bjerregaard, B. (2008, November). The Spatial Context of Rape: The Fourth Dimension of Neighborhoods. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.

Van Patten, I.T. (2008, March). A Micro-spatial Analysis of Violent Crime: The Experience of a Small Southern City. Paper presented at the meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH.

Van Patten, I.T. (2007, November). A spatial analysis of sexual homicide: Twenty-five years of sexually motivated murder. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

Van Patten, I.T. (2007, March). Spatial configuration of sexual homicide: A 25-year study of sexual homicides in Los Angeles County. Paper presented at the Ninth Crime Mapping Research Conference, Mapping & Analysis for Public Safety (MAPS), National Institute of Justice, Pittsburgh, PA.

Van Patten, I.T. & Van Patten, K.E. (2006, November). An evaluation of a domestic violence court program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, CA.

Van Patten, I.T. & Matney, R.K. (2006, March). A survival analysis of probation supervision: A closer look at the role of technical violations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, MD.

Van Patten, I.T., Hilton, J., Torrence, B., & Weart, K. (2006, March) A survival analysis of a domestic violence court. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, MD.

Van Patten, I.T. & Parker, K.P. (2004, November) Romantic attachment, partner violence, and stalking: A study of early relationships in a college sample. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN.

Van Patten, I.T. & Parker, K.P. (2004, March) Attachment style, partner violence & stalking behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.

Works in Progress

An evaluation of repeat and near-repeat robberies of convenience stores in Charlotte, NC. Paper in preparation for presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 2009.

A conjunctive analysis of case configurations of sexual homicide clearance rates. Paper in preparation for the annual meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group, June 2009.

An evaluation of gun sales density and the spatial distribution of violent deaths in Virginia. Paper in preparation for the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology,  November, 2009.

 
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