Neighborhood parks, evidence of guardianship, and crime in two diverse US cities
| Autor: | Kimberly A. Houser, Eric S. McCord |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Median income
Airport security Poverty Strategy and Management 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Fear of crime 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Criminology Empirical research Geography Legal guardian 050501 criminology Organised crime Law Safety Research Environmental criminology 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | Security Journal. 30:807-824 |
| ISSN: | 1743-4645 0955-1662 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/sj.2015.11 |
| Popis: | Research addressing the link between crime and parks has primarily focused on fear of crime with limited empirical research verifying or denying a crime-park relationship. This article examines the results of two nearly identical studies examining the relationship between neighborhood parks and crime, in two very dissimilar cities, Philadelphia, PA and Louisville, KY. These cities vary greatly in size, population density, median income, per cent minorities and per cent living in poverty, among other factors. Findings of the studies, which are grounded in theories of environmental criminology, show that neighborhood parks are associated with increased crime levels in their immediate surroundings. In addition, although characteristics of parks significantly related to crime levels in each city vary somewhat, findings clearly demonstrate the underlying importance guardianship plays is explaining the criminogenic nature of neighborhood parks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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