RT Article
T1 Homicide as a function of city block layout: Mexico City as case study
JF Global crime
VO 21
IS 2
SP 111
OP 129
A1 Vilalta, Carlos J.
A2 Muggah, Robert 1974-
A2 Fondevila, Gustavo
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1859520316
AB Focused on Mexico City, this article offers a seminal examination of the relationship between block layout and intentional homicide. The authors applied multilevel random-intercept negative binomial models to assess the contribution of block layout characteristics to homicide counts while controlling for other factors related to the physical environment and socioeconomic disadvantage. The assessment finds that container-type city blocks registered the highest likelihood of homicide incidence. It also shows that blocks with metro stations also had a statistically higher likelihood of homicide incidence. By contrast, building-type blocks exhibited the lowest likelihood of recording a homicide. Ultimately, the physical environment model provided a better fit to the data than the socioeconomic disadvantage model. The main conclusion is that homicide incidence in Mexico City may be more a function of block layout than socioeconomic composition. One implication is that urban planning may have more potent crime prevention effects than widely believed.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 123-127
K1 Homicide
K1 Mexico City
K1 block layout
K1 Physical Environment
K1 socioeconomic disadvantage
DO 10.1080/17440572.2020.1715219