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Crime, New housing, and housing incivilities in a first‐ring suburb: Multilevel relationships across time

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  • Barbara Brown
  • Douglas Perkins
  • Graham Brown

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Concepts deriving from criminology, housing policy, and environmental psychology are integrated to test two ways that housing conditions could relate to crime in a declining first‐ring suburb of Salt Lake City. For existing housing, we use a model to test whether housing incivilities, such as litter and unkempt lawns, are associated with later crime. For new housing, we test whether a new subdivision on a former brownfield creates spillover reductions in nearby crime and incivilities. Police‐reported crime rates were highest for residences near the brownfield and lowest for those farther away. After the subdivision was constructed, this linear decline disappeared, reflecting less crime adjacent to the new subdivision, but also more crime farther away. A multilevel analysis shows that incivilities, particularly litter and unkempt lawns on the block, predict unexpected increases in crime. Both brownfield redevelopment and reductions in incivilities may be important ways to improve declining suburban areas.

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  • Barbara Brown & Douglas Perkins & Graham Brown, 2004. "Crime, New housing, and housing incivilities in a first‐ring suburb: Multilevel relationships across time," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(2), pages 301-345.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:15:y:2004:i:2:p:301-345
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2004.9521504
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    1. Benno Torgler & Bruno S. Frey & Clevo Wilson, 2007. "Environmental and Pro-Social Norms: Evidence from 30 Countries," CREMA Working Paper Series 2007-10, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
    2. Benno Torgler & María A.García-Valiñas & Alison Macintyre, 2007. "Differences in Preferences Towards the Environment: The Impact of a Gender, Age and Parental Effect," CREMA Working Paper Series 2008-01, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).

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