Distinguishing hot places from hot streets
can be difficult. In fact, one can sometimes
find both. Imagine robbers attacking
pedestrians on a street leading from
restaurants and bars to a parking area. The
attack sites may form a line along this
street. But even along this hot street, hot
places where multiple attacks have
occurred may exist. However, one should
always be suspicious of such findings. It
might be that the hot places are not actual
robbery occurrence sites. Instead, they
may be locations to which victims run for
help, or they may be addresses that officers
put in their reports when they cannot
easily find the correct robbery address.