RT Article
T1 Examining the Association Between Massage Parlors and Neighborhood Crime
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 65
IS 11
SP 1537
OP 1569
A1 Huff, Jessica
A2 Wallace, Danielle
A2 Riggs, Courtney
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1677497912
AB Although massage parlors have been associated with illicit activities including prostitution, less is known about their association with neighborhood crime. Employing the Computer Automated Dispatch/Record Management System (CAD/RMS), online user review, licensing, Census, and zoning data, we examine the impact of massage parlors on crime in their surrounding neighborhoods. Using spatial autoregressive models, our results indicate the total number of massage parlors was associated with increased social disorder. The presence of illicit massage parlors in adjacent neighborhoods was associated with crime and physical disorder in the focal neighborhoods. This study has consequences for how police address crime associated with massage parlors. Specifically, the use of online user review forums could be an effective way to identify illicit massage parlors. Recommendations for policing and code enforcement are discussed.
K1 Massage parlors
K1 Neighborhood crime
K1 Prostitution
K1 Online forums
K1 Policing
K1 Massagesalons
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Nachbarschaft
DO 10.1177/0011128718787154