Patterns of local segregation: Do they matter for neighborhood crime?

Social Science Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 303-318

  Krivo, Lauren J ^a   Byron, Reginald A ^b   Calder, Catherine A ^c   Peterson, Ruth D ^c   Browning, Christopher R ^c   Kwan, Mei Po ^d   Lee, Jae Yong ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Neighborhood crime; Race ethnic and economic inequality; Segregation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAUCASIAN; CITY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIAL STATUS; THEFT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; CITIES; CRIME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; THEFT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84941045918     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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