RT Article
T1 Macro-brothels as crime attractors: impact of closure, displacement, and diffusion of benefits
JF European journal of criminology
VO 17
IS 3
SP 247
OP 268
A1 Soto, Carles
A2 Summers, Lucia
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1698232039
AB 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.
K1 Brothel closure
K1 Crime displacement
K1 Diffusion of benefits
K1 Macro-brothels
K1 Prostitution
DO 10.1177/1477370818788011