The influence of spatial infrastructure on resort hotel crime : A case study in Crete

The primary objective of the study is to investigate the possible existence of significant links that bind spatial infrastructure and property layout with hospitality-related crimes. Under this topic, the researchers tried to shed light on a previously unexplored region of criminality within the service sector in Greece, investigating 4 and 5-star resort hotels on the island of Crete. A form of non-probability purposive sampling was applied. The methods of the research were three: Direct observation of hotel infrastructure, ranking of key variables by an expert panel, and a semi-structured interview with hoteliers. It derives from the results that the expansion of hospitality properties in smaller sites weakens effective security. Defining the way of how infrastructure affects crime, can lead to a differentiation in thinking during the designing process.

Crime in London Hotels

There is a considerable literature on tourism and crime, with an emphasis on the tourist as victim. This study attempts to identify aspects of criminal behaviour in which the tourist may be the perpetrator of crime and hotels may be the victim. This paper presents findings on the key issues of hotel crime as described by the security managers of eight large, five-star London hotels. Respondents were asked to discuss the types of crime they have experienced during their careers as hotel security managers, along with their modus operandi and their frequency. The security managers also indicated if there were any seasonal trends that they could identify and how the hotel environment influences the nature of crime in hotels. This exploratory study suggests that hotel crime is different from tourist crime, and identifies factors that may influence level and type of crime in hotels.