Crime and Residential Choice: A Neighborhood Level Analysis of the Impact of Crime on Housing Prices

Tita, George E.; Petras, Tricia L.; Greenbaum, Robert T.

doi:10.1007/s10940-006-9013-z

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“…Should an increase in crime occur, this will decrease the desirability of the neighborhood, resulting in lower rents and home values. Supporting this conjecture are cross-sectional studies finding that neighborhoods with higher rates of crime have lower home values (e.g., Buck and Hakim 1989;Schwartz, Susin, and Voicu 2003;Thaler 1978), and longitudinal studies finding that increasing neighborhood crime decreases home values (Hipp et al 2009;Tita, Petras, and Greenbaum 2006).…”

Section: Differential Likelihood Of Entering High Crime Neighborhoodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Violent Crime, Mobility Decisions, and Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Transition

Hipp

2011

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Section: Differential Likelihood Of Entering High Crime Neighborhoodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Violent Crime, Mobility Decisions, and Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Transition

Hipp

2011

Social Problems

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“…Likewise, community social and physical incivilities such as fighting and arguing between residents, litter, graffiti, and dilapidated housing are signals to potential homeowners to avoid such communities because these cues are associated with potential criminal victimization (Hunter 1978). Neighborhoods with higher crime rates are also associated with lower housing prices (Schwartz et al 2003;Tita et al 2006), which discourages potential homeowners from purchasing in a community where they may not profit from their investment. 1 These considerations all suggest that residential instability could decrease if homeowners are unable to sell their property as a result.…”

Section: The Effect Of Crime On Residential Stabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, studies have found that homeowners are less likely to move than renters (Barrett et al 1994;Speare et al 1975), and more likely to know their neighbors and be involved in social networks than renters (Blum and Kingston 1984;Campbell and Lee 1992). An increasing level of crime and disorder in the neighborhood likely translates directly into lower values for one's home (Tita et al 2006), suggesting an economic incentive. Indeed studies have found that neighborhoods with a greater proportion of homeowners have lower rates of burglary (Ross 1977) and violence (Hipp 2007b;Krivo and Peterson 1996;Roncek 1981;Smith et al 2000).…”

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Violent Crime, Residential Instability and Mobility: Does the Relationship Differ in Minority Neighborhoods?

2010

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This study examines the reciprocal relationship between violent crime and residential stability in neighborhoods. We test whether the form of stability matters by comparing two different measures of stability: a traditional index of residential stability and a novel approach focusing specifically on the stability of homeowners. We also examine whether the racial/ethnic composition of the neighborhood in which this stability occurs affects the instability-violent crime relationship. To test the simultaneous relationship between residential mobility and crime we estimate a dual multivariate latent curve model of the change in the violent crime rate and the change in the rate of home sales while controlling for neighborhood socioeconomic and demographic characteristics using data from Los Angeles between 1992 and 1997. Results indicate that the initial level of violent crime increases the trajectory of residential instability in subsequent years, whether the instability is measured as homeowner turnover specifically, or based on an index of all residents. However, the effect of instability on violent crime is only apparent when measuring instability based on an index of general residential turnover and not when including the presence of owners in this measure, or when measuring it based on homeowner turnover. We consistently find that stable highly Latino communities exhibit a protective effect against violence.

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“…Tita et al (2006); Lynch and Rasmussen (2001); Linden and Rockoff (2008) find a negative effect of crime and violence on real estate prices. Bowen and Bowen (1999); Schwartz and Gorman (2003); Ceballo et al (2004) find that exposure to violence in the neighborhood or in-school bullying has detrimental effects on children's perception of security, school attendance and grades.…”

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Stigma of sexual violence and women’s decision to work

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractOur study is motivated by two disturbing evidences concerning women in India. On one hand, crime against women is on the rise while on the other, women's labor force participation rate (WLFPR) has been declining over the last three decades. We estimate the extent to which the decline in WLFPR can be assigned to increasing instances of crime against women. We argue that an increase in crime against women, increases the non-pecuniary costs of traveling to work, particularly in a traditional society marked by stigma against victims of sexual crimes. Our findings suggest that women are less likely to work away from home in regions where the perceived threat of sexual * We thank the seminar participants at IIT-Kanpur, ISI-Delhi, University of Goettingen

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Crime and Residential Choice: A Neighborhood Level Analysis of the Impact of Crime on Housing Prices

Cited by 160 publications

References 46 publications

Violent Crime, Mobility Decisions, and Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Transition

Violent Crime, Mobility Decisions, and Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Transition

Violent Crime, Residential Instability and Mobility: Does the Relationship Differ in Minority Neighborhoods?

Stigma of sexual violence and women’s decision to work

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