Unpacking immigration and crime stats
Kubrin, Hipp and Owens awarded $700,000 U.S. Dept. of Justice grant to study immigration, immigration-related policies, crime
Welcome to the website for the Irvine Laboratory for the Study of Space and Crime (ILSSC) in the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at the University of California, Irvine. Our group is dedicated to researching the social ecology of crime at all levels of analysis including street segments, blocks, neighborhoods, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas. [Find out more…]
Recent News
- Prof John Hipp gives inaugural Crime and place Webinar
Lab co-director Dr. John R. Hipp gave the inaugural Crime and Place in the making lecture . The talk was on “The Spatial Scale of Crime: Consequences for Ecological Studies of Crime“. The series of talks in this webinar series is a joint initiative between Network Safe places at KTH and American Society of Criminology’s…Continue Reading Prof John Hipp gives inaugural Crime and place Webinar - Justin Sola to join University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as Assistant Professor, Fall 2024
We’re all super proud of lab member Justin Sola, who just accepted UNC Chapel Hill’s offer to become an assistant professor in fall 2024, jointly appointed in Sociology and the School of Data Science and Society. Justin will defend his dissertation this Spring. Congrats Justin!…Continue Reading Justin Sola to join University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as Assistant Professor, Fall 2024 - Graduate student Xiaoshuang Iris Luo wins Award from ACCCJ
Congratulations to lab member Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, who received the Hong Lu Outstanding Student Service Award from the Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ) in the United States at the 2023 annual American Society of Criminology meeting. This award is recognizes outstanding contributions and services to ACCCJ and is presented to a member…Continue Reading Graduate student Xiaoshuang Iris Luo wins Award from ACCCJ
Recent Publications
- Lab publication on Third Places and social cohesion
Third places like bodegas and barbershops promote community well-being. “Respondents in neighborhoods with more third places report higher levels of interaction with their neighbors and greater cohesion, an effect that is most prominent in low-income neighborhoods.” That was a key result in a paper led by ILSSC alum Seth Williams. He summarizes the results of…Continue Reading Lab publication on Third Places and social cohesion - Lab publication on criminal justice reformHow to Think about Criminal Justice Reform: Conceptual and Practical Considerations, by Charis E. Kubrin and Rebecca Tublitz How can we improve the effectiveness of criminal justice reform efforts? Effective reform hinges on shared understandings of what the problem is and shared visions of what success looks like. But consensus is hard to come by,…Continue Reading Lab publication on criminal justice reform
- Lab publication: Book on The Spatial Scale of Crime
Lab co-director Dr. John R. Hipp has released a new book. In it he notes that a characteristic of many crime incidents is that they happen at a particular spatial location and a point in time. These two simple insights suggest the need for both a spatial and a longitudinal perspective in studying crime events….Continue Reading Lab publication: Book on The Spatial Scale of Crime
Community Outreach
ILSSC researchers have developed several videos to better translate their research into practical, community based solutions. [Find out more…]
ILSSC publishes a number of studies by the directors and graduate students, the most recent studies are highlighted above. [Read more about our publications.]
ILSSC produces a number of tools over the course of research including academic apps and statistical packages, the most recent tools are highlighted above. [Find more of our tools.]