This study examines the feasibility of using Google Street View to gather environmental factors known to indicate street drug activity in Brazil. The purpose of this study is to advance our understanding of Google Street View and apply such data collection tool to observe and collect crime information in a different cultural environment. Google Street View has not been employed frequently for field observation on crime settings outside the U.S. The quality of Google Street View observations might be inaccurate and biased as virtual reality is not aligned with the real time. This study uses arrest records from 2007 to 2011 related to street drug dealing of marijuana, cocaine, and crack cocaine in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The geographic unit of analysis is city block. In order to evaluate inter-rater reliability, two groups of undergraduate students have been selected to participate in this study; one group comprises Americans and the other comprises Brazilians. This study will discuss the challenges and disagreements faced by observers of different background in collecting crime data using Google Street View. Do observers of different background perceive the same information using the same observational tool? What are the concerns and limitations of using Google Street View in collecting crime data for comparative and international research?.
O Centro de Estudos de Criminalidade e Segurança Pública (CRISP) não apenas se destaca pelo pioneirismo, mas também pela quantidade e qualidade dos trabalhos desenvolvidos, tornando-se uma referência nacional na análise e no desenvolvimento de iniciativas voltadas para o estudo da violência e da criminalidade no Brasil, bem como para o desenvolvimento e implementação de políticas públicas em segurança.
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