The Effect of the Physical Environment on Crime Rates: Capturing Housing Age and Housing Type at Varying Spatial Scales

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 old...

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Authors: Hipp, John R. (Author) ; Kim, Young-An (Author) ; Kane, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2019, Volume: 65, Issue: 11, Pages: 1570-1595
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Neighborhoods
Crime
Housing characteristics
Housing age