RT Article
T1 The effects of neighbourhood offender concentrations on the number, type and location of crimes committed by resident offenders
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 59
IS 3
SP 653
OP 673
A1 Kearns, Ade
A2 Livingston, Mark
A2 Galster, George C. 1948-
A2 Bannister, Jon
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1664659986
AB This paper examines whether criminals commit more crimes when living among other offenders. We estimate a fixed-effect, negative binomial model of individual reoffending using a quarterly panel data set across a decade for 693 neighbourhoods in Glasgow, which provides plausibly causal relationships. The concentration of recently active offenders has positive effects upon the subsequent number of property and violent crimes committed by resident offenders both inside and outside the neighbourhood. The concentration of young males also has a positive effect upon both crime types in both locations. Further understanding of peer influences by crime type and location, and of the effects of offender concentrations on processes of social control are required. The deconcentration of offenders is justified on social equity grounds.
K1 Offender concentrations
K1 Neighbourhoods
K1 Reoffending
K1 Violent crime
K1 Property crime
K1 Eigentumsdelikt
K1 Gewaltdelikt
K1 Nachbarschaft
K1 Stadtviertel
K1 Kriminalsoziologie
DO 10.1093/bjc/azy065