Carina Hasitzka

Doctoral Researcher
Independent Research Group Space, Contexts, and Crime
+49 761 7081-360

Main Focus

  • Spatial data
  • Geography of crime
  • Criminal geography analysis
  • Crime mapping
  • GISience
  • Big data

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Appointments

2022–present: Doctoral Researcher in the Independent Research Group "Space, Contexts, and Crime", Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany

Professional Experience

2021–2022: Researcher in the Independent Research Group "Space, Contexts, and Crime", Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany

Education

2018–2021: M.Sc. Cartography and Geoinformation, University of Vienna, Austria

2014–2017: B.Sc. Spatial Planning, Technische Universität Wien, Austria


Projects

COVID-19-KRIM

The project investigates the short- and medium-term effects of the Covid-19-Pandemic on crime in Baden-Würt­tem­berg (southwest Germany) during 2019 to 2021, based on recorded crime data, mobility data and various so­cio-economic and geographic data, and employing spatio-temporal modeling. A special module focusses on do­mes­tic violence against partners and… more

 Geographical Behavior of Stranger Offenders

Head of project: Gunda Wössner
In the vast majority of sex offenses, offender and victim know each other. However, violent sexual assaults perpe­trated by strangers often incite strong feelings of fear in the community. Furthermore, rapes by strangers often pose considerable challenges and concern for law enforcement agencies. They are often faced with a… more

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