Dangerous Places: Crime and Residential Environment

Roncek, Dennis W.

doi:10.1093/sf/60.1.74

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“…Taking a context perspective, the rational-choice view of crime implies that neighbourhoods where potential offenders are presented with perceptibly greater benefits and/or lesser costs or probability of being caught, will generate more crime. Thus, neighborhoods having notably lax law enforcement, many vacant properties as potential venues, or low population densities offering fewer potential reporters of crime, would be expected to encourage the commission of crimes (see Roncek 1981;Spelman 1993;Krivo and Peterson 1996;and Raleigh and Galster (2012).…”

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Criminal Neighbourhoods: Does the Density of Prior Offenders in an Area Encourage others to Commit Crime?

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Using crime data over a period of a decade for Glasgow, this paper explores whether the density of prior offenders in a neighbourhoods has an influence on the propensity of others to (re)commence offending. The study shows that the number of 'newly active' offenders in a neighbourhood in the current quarter is positively associated with the density of prior offenders for both violent and property crime from the previous two years. In the case of 'newly active' property offenders, the relationship with active prior offenders is only apparent when prior offender counts exceed the median. The paper postulates that intraneighbourhood social mechanisms may be at work to create these effects. The results suggest that policies which concentrate offenders in particular neighbourhoods may increase the number of 'newly active' offenders, and point to evidence of a threshold at which these effects take place.

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Section: Background Potential Mechanisms For Neighbourhoods Affectingmentioning

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Criminal Neighbourhoods: Does the Density of Prior Offenders in an Area Encourage others to Commit Crime?

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“…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?

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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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“…Studies have frequently explored the cross-sectional relationship between the number of racial/ethnic minorities and the amount of crime in a city (Baumer et al 1998;Chamlin and Cochran 1997;Miethe, Hughes, and McDowall 1991), or in a neighborhood (Hipp 2007b;Krivo and Peterson 1996;McNulty 2001;Ouimet 2000;Roncek 1981;Roncek and Maier 1991). Various theoretical explanations are offered for this relationship.…”

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“…Studies have consistently found a positive relationship between the proportion of racial/ ethnic minorities and the rate of crime in neighborhoods and cities (Krivo and Peterson 1996;McNulty 2001;Ouimet 2000;Roncek 1981;Roncek and Maier 1991). Scholars often conclude from this evidence that the presence of more racial/ethnic minorities leads to more crime, despite the fact that these studies almost always utilize cross-sectional data.…”

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

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Dangerous Places: Crime and Residential Environment

Cited by 150 publications

References 22 publications

Criminal Neighbourhoods: Does the Density of Prior Offenders in an Area Encourage others to Commit Crime?

Criminal Neighbourhoods: Does the Density of Prior Offenders in an Area Encourage others to Commit Crime?

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

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

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