Inequalities among individuals and households in achieved socioeconomic status (income,
wealth, and so on) in the United States have reached levels not observed for almost a …

Urban theorists have tried for decades to define exactly what a neighborhood is. But behind
that daunting existential question lies a much murkier problem: never mind how you define …

The neighborhood environment plays an essential role in shaping the geography of property
crime. However, criminologists and planners hold different views on the role of built …

Residential location of offenders has been an important topic in the crime literature.
However, prior research on offender residence pays little attention to the factor of age …

The association between neighborhood disadvantage and crime has been extensively
studied, but most studies have relied on cross-sectional data and have been unable to …

Illegal diversification strategies in farming contexts are neglected in research terms. There
are endogenous and exogenous factors that influence the potential strategic capability and …

The effective, efficient and equitable policing of urban areas rests on an appreciation of the
qualities and scale of, as well as the factors shaping, demand. It also requires an …

This article asks if an “air of injustice,” created by the disproportionate (and often negative)
encounters with police in African American communities, leads to violence? An integrated …

Across developed polities, there is growing evidence of the spatial reordering of poverty and
of its detrimental impact on the life chances of poorer people. This paper extends this body …

This paper explores the spatio-temporal patterns of household crimes in Durban, South
Africa, using precinct-level population and decadal crime data for burglary and robbery at …