Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and non-violent crimes in urban neighborhoods

Snowden, Aleksandra J.; Stucky, Thomas D.; Pridemore, William Alex

doi:10.1080/0735648x.2016.1176949

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“…One study though, focusing on the "nighttime economy" of Australia, finds that homicides are not concentrated around drinking and leisure districts, but evenly spread out across suburban, small town, and rural and regional areas (Tomsen and Payne, 2016). Liquor outlets and convenience stores selling alcohol also seem to impact violent crime (Norza et al, 2018;Pridemore and Grubesic, 2012;Snowden, Stucky, and Pridemore, 2017;Valasik, Brault, and Martinez, 2018).…”

Section: Homicide and Land-use Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Testing Broken Windows Theory in Mexico City

Vilalta

López

Fondevila

et al. 2019

Social Science Quarterly

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Objectives To test the broken windows theory in the Mexican context. Methods Publicly available homicide counts and census data at the neighborhood level were used. Broken windows theory was operationalized through the use of social disorder and physical disorder measures. Measures were both calculated using PCA. For data analysis, we employed four multilevel random intercept models to relate homicide counts to our broken windows components. Results The social disorder and physical disorder components cannot be seen as operating independently from each other. In addition, the negative interaction term between the two components suggests that the combined impact of social disorder and physical disorder is less than the independent effects, and that the impact of social disorder diminishes as neighborhoods become less physically disordered and vice versa. Conclusion Findings demonstrate the validity of broken windows theory across countries and offer new ideas to support crime prevention policy.

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Section: Homicide and Land-use Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%