Race/ethnicity, homeownership, and neighborhood attachment

Oh, Joong-Hwan

doi:10.1016/j.racsoc.2005.05.002

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“…Research has already shown that homeowners have positive effects on the community (e.g. Campbell and Lee 1992;Oh 2004) and are a protective factor against crime (e.g. Hipp 2007b), but our results suggest that the residential stability of renters may nonetheless be important to take into account.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 54%

“…In part, owners are included in such measures because they tend to live longer in the neighborhood (as leaving the neighborhood is easier for renters). However, owners as a group also represent the tendency to express more attachment to the community (Bolan 1997;Oh 2004) and to be more economically invested in the viability of the neighborhood. 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).…”

Section: Measuring Residential Instabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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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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confidence: 54%

Section: Measuring Residential Instabilitymentioning

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

2010

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“…Rothwell () analyzed data from the General Social Survey and found, unexpectedly, he notes, that homeowners were more likely than renters to report feeling that they could not trust people in general. Looking more directly at relationships with neighbors, however, Oh () found that within urban neighborhoods, homeowners interacted more with their neighbors and reported trusting their neighbors more. Recent work by Carson et al () is especially illustrative of how individual homeownership status can affect perceptions of one's neighbors.…”

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Urban Homeownership and Mental Health: Mediating Effect of Perceived Sense of Control

Manturuk

2012

City & Community

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What are the mechanisms responsible for homeowners’ better mental health? Social disorganization theory suggests that the relationship between homeownership and mental health is mediated by perceived sense of control, trust in neighbors, and residential stability. This hypothesis is tested using data collected from respondents in 30 low‐wealth urban areas. Using propensity score matching and regression models, I find that low‐income homeowners report a greater sense of control and trust in their neighbors than comparable renters. Homeownership likewise has an impact on mental health, but the effect is entirely mediated by perceived sense of control. Part of that mediating effect is related to avoiding serious delinquency in mortgage payments. However, subjective trust and residential mobility did not mediate the relationship between homeownership and mental health. The study findings are discussed in light of the need for a cohesive theory of homeownership, particularly given changing economic realities.

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“…Scholars argue that homeowners are beneficial to communities as they are more likely to invest in their home and community and participate in social control efforts (Blum and Kingston 1984;McCabe 2013;Oh 2004). Research has shown that communities with greater rates of homeownership have lower crime rates (e.g.…”

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The Spatial Dimensions of Gentrification and the Consequences for Neighborhood Crime

Boggess¹,

Hipp

2014

Justice Quarterly

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This study examines neighborhood economic improvement, what is occurring in nearby neighborhoods, and the consequences for neighborhood crime rates. Negative binomial regression models are estimated to explain the relationship between the increase in average home values (a component of gentrification) and crime in Los Angeles between 1990 and 2000. We find that the spatial context is important, as gentrifying neighborhoods located on the "frontier" of the gentrification process have significantly more aggravated assaults than gentrifying neighborhoods surrounded by neighborhoods also undergoing improvement. Furthermore, this effect is stronger in neighborhoods that began the decade with the highest average home values.Our findings indicate that the extent to which neighborhoods are more or less embedded in a larger process of economic improvement, and where the neighborhood is at in the economic development process, has differential effects on neighborhood crime.

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Race/ethnicity, homeownership, and neighborhood attachment

Cited by 23 publications

References 38 publications

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

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

Urban Homeownership and Mental Health: Mediating Effect of Perceived Sense of Control

The Spatial Dimensions of Gentrification and the Consequences for Neighborhood Crime

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