Street Egohood: An Alternative Perspective of Measuring Neighborhood and Spatial Patterns of Crime

ConclusionsA primary contribution of the current study is to develop and propose a new perspective of measuring neighborhood based on urban streets. We empirically demonstrated that whereas certain socio-demographic measures show the strongest relationship with crime when measured at the micro geographic unit of street segments, a number of them actually exhibited the strongest relationship when measured using our larger street egohoods. We hope future research can use egohoods to expand understanding of neighborhoods and crime.
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - Category: Criminology Source Type: research