Banishment: a test of specific deterrence in public housing

We test the degree to which a public housing banishment policy specifically deters overall drug and violent offenses in public housing using a stratified sample of 345 individuals, banned between 2004 and 2012, in one public housing authority (PHA). We find that individual offending (trespass, drug,...

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Authors: Torres, Jose A. (Author) ; Apkarian, Jacob (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2018, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 911-937
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Crime prevention
Deterrence
Banishment
Public housing
Policing
Abschreckung
Sozialer Wohnungsbau
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Summary:We test the degree to which a public housing banishment policy specifically deters overall drug and violent offenses in public housing using a stratified sample of 345 individuals, banned between 2004 and 2012, in one public housing authority (PHA). We find that individual offending (trespass, drug, violent, gun, and property offenses) in public housing increases after being banned. Increases in trespass offenses, specifically for male offenders with limited history of offending prior to being banned, primarily explain the increases. Being banned, however, significantly reduced drug and violent offending for individuals with histories of drug and violent offending in public housing. These individuals were arrested when they were banned, which suggests to us that bans alone may not reduce drug and violent offending.
ISSN:1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12399