NCJ Number
79279
Journal
Social Forces Volume: 60 Issue: 1 Dated: (September 1981) Pages: 74-96
Date Published
1981
Length
23 pages
Annotation
This research investigates how the characteristics of residential areas in the city affect where crimes occur.
Abstract
Using data for city blocks in Cleveland and San Diego, the analysis tests three major hypotheses relating crime to (1) household composition, (2) features of the residential environment, and (3) the interaction of the social composition and the features of the residential environment. The results support the major hypotheses and show that a substantial portion of the variance in crime depends on the opportunities provided by the social and physical differentiation of the city. (Social Forces and author abstract)