Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels
Abstract Certain places generate inordinate amounts of crime and disorder. We examine how places differ in their nature of crime and disorder, with three objectives: (1) identifying a typology of profiles of crime and disorder; (2) assessing whether different forms of crime and disorder co-locate at...
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| author | Daniel T. O’Brien Alina Ristea Forrest Hangen Riley Tucker |
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| description | Abstract Certain places generate inordinate amounts of crime and disorder. We examine how places differ in their nature of crime and disorder, with three objectives: (1) identifying a typology of profiles of crime and disorder; (2) assessing whether different forms of crime and disorder co-locate at parcels; and (3) determining whether problematic parcels explain crime and disorder across neighborhoods. The study uses 911 and 311 records to quantify physical and social disorder and violent crime at residential parcels in Boston, MA (n = 81,673). K-means cluster analyses identified the typology of problematic parcels and how those types were distributed across census block groups. Cluster analysis identified five types of problematic parcels, four specializing in one form of crime or disorder and one that combined all issues. The second cluster analysis found that the distribution of problematic parcels described the spectrum from low- to high-crime neighborhoods, plus commercial districts with many parcels with public physical disorder. Problematic parcels modestly explained levels of crime across neighborhoods. The results suggest a need for diverse intervention strategies to support different types of problematic parcels; and that neighborhood dynamics pertaining to crime are greater than problematic properties alone. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-303fa28e7b634a4296f30beb3f6e26ca2022-12-22T03:34:01ZengBMCCrime Science2193-76802022-06-0111111210.1186/s40163-022-00165-0Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcelsDaniel T. O’Brien0Alina Ristea1Forrest Hangen2Riley Tucker3School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern UniversitySchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern UniversitySchool of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern UniversitySchool of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern UniversityAbstract Certain places generate inordinate amounts of crime and disorder. We examine how places differ in their nature of crime and disorder, with three objectives: (1) identifying a typology of profiles of crime and disorder; (2) assessing whether different forms of crime and disorder co-locate at parcels; and (3) determining whether problematic parcels explain crime and disorder across neighborhoods. The study uses 911 and 311 records to quantify physical and social disorder and violent crime at residential parcels in Boston, MA (n = 81,673). K-means cluster analyses identified the typology of problematic parcels and how those types were distributed across census block groups. Cluster analysis identified five types of problematic parcels, four specializing in one form of crime or disorder and one that combined all issues. The second cluster analysis found that the distribution of problematic parcels described the spectrum from low- to high-crime neighborhoods, plus commercial districts with many parcels with public physical disorder. Problematic parcels modestly explained levels of crime across neighborhoods. The results suggest a need for diverse intervention strategies to support different types of problematic parcels; and that neighborhood dynamics pertaining to crime are greater than problematic properties alone.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-022-00165-0Urban criminologyCommunities and crimeCriminology of placeProblem propertiesQuantitative methods |
| spellingShingle | Daniel T. O’Brien Alina Ristea Forrest Hangen Riley Tucker Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels Crime Science Urban criminology Communities and crime Criminology of place Problem properties Quantitative methods |
| title | Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels |
| title_full | Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels |
| title_fullStr | Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels |
| title_short | Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels |
| title_sort | different places different problems profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels |
| topic | Urban criminology Communities and crime Criminology of place Problem properties Quantitative methods |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-022-00165-0 |
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