RT Article
T1 Fast food restaurants and convenience stores: using sales volume to explain crime patterns in Seattle
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 64
IS 14
SP 1836
OP 1857
A1 Askey, Amber Perenzin
A2 Taylor, Ralph B.
A2 Groff, Elizabeth
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1582605416
AB This study investigates how convenience stores and fast food restaurants influence crime patterns over time. Using sales volume data from fast food restaurants and convenience stores, we examine streetblock crime levels over a seven year period in Seattle using multilevel models. Results demonstrate that high sales volume links to high crime, even after controlling for local socio-economic status, the effects of retail businesses, and local crime trends. In addition, street segment crime trajectories were spatially clustered in a significant way. The dynamics that explain why specific types of commercial facilities link to street crime need further theoretical clarification. This is the first study demonstrating significant spatio-temporal patterning of streetblock crime trends.
K1 Fast food restaurants
K1 Convenience stores
K1 Land use
K1 Multilevel models
K1 Street crime
K1 Crime rate
K1 Straßenkriminalität
DO 10.1177/0011128717714792