Reversing broken windows: evidence of lagged, multilevel impacts of risk perceptions on perceptions of incivility

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Despite a large number of studies testing Broken Windows Theory (BWT), the reverse theoretical pathway has never been assessed longitudinally (risk perceptions → incivilities perceptions). It is estimated here using panel data from Baltimore, Maryland. Results show lagged, multilevel impacts of risk...

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Autor principal: Link, Nathan W. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
En: Crime & delinquency
Año: 2017, Volumen: 63, Número: 6, Páginas: 659-682
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Incivilities
Incivilities thesis
Disorder theory
Broken windows theory
Crime risk perceptions
Perception bias
Verwahrlosungszeichen
Kriminalitätspolitik
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Sumario:Despite a large number of studies testing Broken Windows Theory (BWT), the reverse theoretical pathway has never been assessed longitudinally (risk perceptions → incivilities perceptions). It is estimated here using panel data from Baltimore, Maryland. Results show lagged, multilevel impacts of risk perceptions on shifting incivilities perceptions. Furthermore, impacts of risk perceptions on later shifts in perceived incivilities vary significantly across streetblocks. Findings support Harcourt’s assertion that “disorder” is not a fixed and unambiguous label; rather, it is dependent on a person defining his or her surroundings. People who report a high degree of crime risk are “biased” toward defining neighborhood features as more problematic than those who do not.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128714555606