Macro-brothels as crime attractors: impact of closure, displacement, and diffusion of benefits
Efforts made at preventing prostitution - and any associated crime and disorder - are sometimes undermined by assumptions the problem will likely displace elsewhere. This study measures changes in local crime rates following the closure of two macro-brothels in Castelldefels, a town in the greater m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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European journal of criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-268 |
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| Summary: | Efforts made at preventing prostitution - and any associated crime and disorder - are sometimes undermined by assumptions the problem will likely displace elsewhere. This study measures changes in local crime rates following the closure of two macro-brothels in Castelldefels, a town in the greater metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain. The closures were complemented by a local ordinance aimed at preventing spatial displacement. Weighted displacement quotients indicated that the modest crime reductions observed in the treatment area (immediately around the macro-brothels) did not displace to the buffer area (the rest of the town); instead, a diffusion of benefits was observed, whereby crime reductions were also observed in the buffer area. The implications of the findings for criminological theory, policy and practice are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-2609 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1477370818788011 |