RT Article
T1 The Effect of the Physical Environment on Crime Rates: Capturing Housing Age and Housing Type at Varying Spatial Scales
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 65
IS 11
SP 1570
OP 1595
A1 Hipp, John R.
A2 Kim, Young-An
A2 Kane, Kevin
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/167749834X
AB This study introduces filtering theory from housing economics to criminology and measures the age of housing as a proxy for deterioration and physical disorder. Using data for Los Angeles County in 2009 to 2011, negative binomial regression models are estimated and find that street segments with older housing have higher levels of all six crime types tested. Street segments with more housing age diversity have higher levels of all crime types, whereas housing age diversity in the surrounding ½-mile area is associated with lower levels of crime. Street segments with detached single-family units generally had less crime compared with other types of housing. Street segments with large apartment complexes (five or more units) generally have more crime than those with small apartment complexes and duplexes.
K1 Neighborhoods
K1 Crime
K1 Housing characteristics
K1 Housing age
DO 10.1177/0011128718779569