RT Article
T1 Contested Neighborhood Boundaries and Intergroup and Intragroup Violence
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 11
SP 2906
OP 2931
A1 Vogel, Matt
A2 Lentz, Theodore S.
A2 Steenbeek, Wouter
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1900828219
AB This paper expands the concept of contested neighborhood boundaries to account for spatial variation in violence across urban neighborhoods. We argue that contested boundaries—defined as spaces in which one group holds a narrow majority in close proximity to a large minority group—will contain the highest levels of intergroup violence. Conversely, levels of intragroup violence will be comparatively low in these areas, as contested spatial boundaries will give rise to more clearly defined group boundaries, increasing solidarity and placing downward pressure on intragroup conflict. We assess this bifurcated perspective by appending geocoded data on over 13,000 violent crimes to 359 Census block groups in St. Louis, MO for the period spanning 2010 to 2014.
K1 spatial dynamics
K1 group threat
K1 urban violence
DO 10.1177/00111287231202783