NCJ Number
230287
Journal
Criminal Justice Studies Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Dated: March 2010 Pages: 51-64
Date Published
March 2010
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This study examined comprehensive datasets that combined the physical aspects of crimes in large United States cities to explore causes of criminality.
Abstract
There may well be a decline in the overall crime rate in the USA, but violent and other crimes in cities are still prevalent, suggesting a need to develop improvements that may reduce crime even more. Confusion exists about the causes, promotion, and mitigation of crime in cities. Fear and types of crimes in urban areas seem to play an important role in influencing people's decisions in choosing where to live. This study reviews comprehensive sets of indicators composed of those variables consistently stated in the literature that affect an individual's sense of safety and security in cities - suggesting that physical components of urban environments make a significant contribution to the variation in violent offenses within cities over and above the contributions made by either the social and economic variables. Correlations between criminal offenses, physical attributes, race, gender, income, population densities, and other variables are considered. References (Published Abstract)