Modeling the Social and Spatial Proximity of Crime: Domestic and Sexual Violence Across Neighborhoods

ConclusionOverall, the results indicate variations across crime type, urban contexts, and modeling approaches. Nonetheless, in important contexts, commuting ties among neighborhoods are observed to greatly improve our understanding of urban crime. If such ties contribute to the transfer of norms, social support, resources, and behaviors between places, they may then transfer also the effects of crime prevention efforts.

Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - March 29, 2020 Category: Criminology Source Type: research