RT Article
T1 Neighborhood Effects on Crime: The Concentration of Racial/Ethnic Groups and the Heterogeneity Among Such Groups
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 11
SP 2958
OP 2985
A1 Wo, James C.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1900828235
AB It is not entirely clear what attribute of neighborhoods’ race/ethnicity affects crime rates over time. Drawing on a sample of block groups in Baltimore (MD) we therefore estimate negative binomial regression models to test the concentration of specific ethnic groups in neighborhoods (% Black, % White, % Latino, % Asian, and % other race) as well as the level of heterogeneity among these groups. The results show that ethnic heterogeneity is associated with higher rates of both violent and property crime years later, whereas the measures of nonwhite ethnic groups are not significant. We also determine that concentrated disadvantage moderates the effect of ethnic heterogeneity on property crime. The implications of these findings for criminology and urban sociology are discussed.
K1 URBAN SOCIOLOGY
K1 Social Disorganization
K1 ethnic heterogeneity
K1 Crime
K1 Neighborhood effects
DO 10.1177/00111287221134592