Journal article
Topography and crime in place: The effects of elevation, slope, and betweenness in San Francisco street segments
Journal of urban affairs, Vol.45(6), pp.1120-1144
2023
DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2021.1901591
Abstract
Few studies have investigated how features of the land surface and the street network affect spatial crime patterns. Accordingly, for the current study, we estimated negative binomial regression models to test for main and moderating effects of elevation, slope, and betweenness on crime across San Francisco street segments. While significant effects were observed for all topography measures assessed, we found that elevation differences in the surrounding 1/4 mile (i.e., hilliness) reduces the risk for crime more so than the elevation and slope of the segment itself. In comparison, betweenness based on the street network produced a higher risk for crime. We also determined a conditional effect between elevation differences in the surrounding 1/4 mile and betweenness. To supplement the regression analysis, we produce maps that show the predicted values of the different crime outcomes for each segment in our sample, thereby underscoring certain policy and practical implications of our findings.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Topography and crime in place: The effects of elevation, slope, and betweenness in San Francisco street segments
- Creators
- Young-An Kim - Florida State UniversityJames C. Wo - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of urban affairs, Vol.45(6), pp.1120-1144
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/07352166.2021.1901591
- ISSN
- 0735-2166
- eISSN
- 1467-9906
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 04/05/2021
- Date published
- 2023
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984282620602771
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