Journal article
Studying neighborhood crime across different macro spatial scales: The case of robbery in 4 cities
Social science research, Vol.68, pp.15-29
11/01/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.08.007
PMID: 29108594
Abstract
Whereas there is a burgeoning literature focusing on the spatial distribution of crime events across neighborhoods or micro-geographic units in a specific city, the present study expands this line of research by selecting four cities that vary across two macro-spatial dimensions: population in the micro-environment, and population in the broader macro-environment. We assess the relationship between measures constructed at different spatial scales and robbery rates in blocks in four cities: 1) San Francisco (high in micro- and macro-environment population); 2) Honolulu (high in micro- but low in macro-environment population); 3) Los Angeles (low in micro- but high in macro environment population); 4) Sacramento (low in micro- and macro-environment population). Whereas the socio-demographic characteristics of residents further than 1/2 mile away do not impact robbery rates, the number of people up to 2.5 miles away are related to robbery rates, especially in the two cities with smaller micro-environment population, implying a larger spatial scale than is often considered. The results show that coefficient estimates differ somewhat more between cities differing in micro-environment population compared to those differing based on macro-environment population. It is therefore necessary to consider the broader macro-environment even when focusing on the level of crime across neighborhoods or micro-geographic units within an area. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Studying neighborhood crime across different macro spatial scales: The case of robbery in 4 cities
- Creators
- John R. Hipp - University of California SystemJames C. Wo - University of California SystemYoung-An Kim - University of California System
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social science research, Vol.68, pp.15-29
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.08.007
- PMID
- 29108594
- ISSN
- 0049-089X
- eISSN
- 1096-0317
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- 2012-R2-CX-0010 / NIJ
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984282467702771
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