Publications – (ILSSC)

Lab publication on nonlinear relationship between immigrant concentration and crime

A recent publication by lab directors Kubrin and Hipp, and alum Iris Luo explores the nonlinear relationship between immigrant concentration and crime. Consistent with much existing research generally finding that the presence of more immigrants in neighborhoods is associated with lower crime rates, this study using data from neighborhoods across the U.S. in the new…Continue Reading Lab publication on nonlinear relationship between immigrant concentration and crime

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 reform

How 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

Lab publication on who leaves and who enters: consequences for neighborhood crime

While the net change in demographics of a neighborhood likely impacts how levels of crime change, this study explores whether it matters who leaves a neighborhood, and who is entering the neighborhood–that is, the flows of people in or out of a neighborhood. Using a novel demographic accounting technique that allows computing who is leaving…Continue Reading Lab publication on who leaves and who enters: consequences for neighborhood crime