Journal article
Neighborhood Effects on Crime in San Francisco: An Examination of Residential, Nonresidential, and "Mixed" Land Uses
Deviant behavior, Vol.43(1), pp.61-78
06/16/2020
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2020.1779988
Abstract
Communities and crime research presumes that purely nonresidential land uses are associated with more crime, whereas purely residential land use is associated with less crime. However, few studies have evaluated this prevailing assumption in tandem with the notion of "mixed" land use. Drawing on a sample of San Francisco census blocks, this study examines the neighborhood effects of several land use measures on crime counts using negative binomial regression. The results provide moderate support for the prevailing assumption; however, we also find that the effects of mixed land use are nuanced based on differing measurement approaches. Whereas two types of mixed-use buildings have differential effects on crime (i.e. commercial mixed-use and residential mixed-use) we determine that the amount of heterogeneity among eight specific land uses, next to or in direct proximity of each other, is consistently related to more crime. The implications of these findings for criminology and public policy are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neighborhood Effects on Crime in San Francisco: An Examination of Residential, Nonresidential, and "Mixed" Land Uses
- Creators
- James C Wo - The University of IowaYoung-An Kim - Florida State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Deviant behavior, Vol.43(1), pp.61-78
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/01639625.2020.1779988
- ISSN
- 0163-9625
- eISSN
- 1521-0456
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 06/16/2020
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive); Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984066108302771
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