The nexus between urbanity and crime is interpreted as being congruent with either social
breakdown or subculture theory. Each of these perspectives offers differing …

Criminology has a long, rich history of studying violence in urban areas. This makes sense,
as large urban centers are generally where the bulk of crime and violence takes place. In …

Objectives: Recent work has debated which geographic scale is most relevant to
understanding the clustering of crime and disorder across a city. This study introduces …

Residents' perceptions of neighbourhood crime are influenced by both the objective
presence of crime and/or disorder and subjective factors like disadvantage and the …

This study considers and simultaneously tests the role of ethnic diversity and out-group size
in relation to individuals' perceptions of neighborhood cohesion and fear of crime among …

1. Rationale & Potential Policy Relevance The proposed research will examine the
relationship between neighbourhood change and violent crime. Studies of the spatial …

Current literature on criminology has largely ignored examining the extent to which a
nation's ethnic and religious diversity are significant predictors of crime. In this study, we …

A renewed interest in understanding the relationship of the built environment with
neighborhood crime patterns has encouraged researchers to utilize novel methods (eg, risk …

This book explores longitudinal changes in neighborhood characteristics and crime;
spatially heterogeneous associations between neighborhood characteristics and crime; and …