Journal article
Revisiting the Crime Control Benefits of Voluntary Organizations: Organizational Presence, Organizational Capacity, and Crime Rates in Los Angeles Neighborhoods
Crime and delinquency, Vol.65(7), pp.916-940
06/01/2019
DOI: 10.1177/0011128718787517
Abstract
This study examines the independent effects that the number of voluntary organizations and the total amount of income they possess have on neighborhood crime, over time. Drawing upon a sample of Los Angeles census blocks from 2000 to 2010, I utilize fixed-effects negative binomial regression to estimate crime models. The number of voluntary organizations and the total amount of income they possess in the focal block, respectively, are not related to most crime types the following year. Yet, both aspects of voluntary organizations exhibit crime-reducing influences when accounting for their broader spatial impact, and controlling for numerous factors that have been shown to be associated with crime rates. The implications for communities and crime research are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Revisiting the Crime Control Benefits of Voluntary Organizations: Organizational Presence, Organizational Capacity, and Crime Rates in Los Angeles Neighborhoods
- Creators
- James C. Wo - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Crime and delinquency, Vol.65(7), pp.916-940
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/0011128718787517
- ISSN
- 0011-1287
- eISSN
- 1552-387X
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984282619702771
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