To take stock of the “neighborhood effects” of drug activity, we combined theoretical insights
from the drugs and crime and communities and place literatures in examining the …

Purpose: To examine a component of crime pattern theory by exploring whether the spatial
predictors of crime vary across seasons. Methods: The relationships among potentially …

The well-being of neighbourhoods in terms of socioeconomic conditions constitutes an
important element in analyses focused on the explanation of crime trends and public safety …

As opioid addiction has risen in recent years, racial disparities in drug arrests may be
changing in their size and sources. Neighborhood conditions, like economic disadvantage …

We advance discussion of structural inequality by operationalizing “concentrated”
disadvantage in terms of highly disadvantaged communities located at the spatial core of …

Research has found that drug markets tend to cluster in space, potentially because of the
profit that can be made when customers are drawn to areas with multiple suppliers. But few …

According to the postindustrial policing thesis, cities that use cultural development strategies
to attract new residents and visitors rely on order maintenance policing tactics to reinforce …

Recidivism research has largely addressed individual-level attributes, neglecting the role of
the neighborhood context. Following a sample of 4,851 parolees returning to the City of …

As with other forms of criminality, in recent years, the international importation of illicit
substances has undergone dramatic changes with the increased prevalence of the dark net …

This study examines changes in gun violence at the census tract level in Philadelphia, PA
before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Piecewise generalized linear mixed …