This new review article surveys the field of spatial criminology, and considers recent theoretical and methodological contributions. It discusses challenges confronting the field, and needed next directions for research. You can access the article by Dr. John R. Hipp and Seth A. Williams in the Annual Review of Criminology entitled, “Advances in Spatial Criminology: The…Continue Reading Lab publication on Advances in Spatial Criminology
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Lab publication for new way to measure neighborhoods: Street egohoods
Defining “neighborhoods” is challenging for researchers. In prior research lab members Dr. Hipp and Dr. Adam Boessen proposed a novel measure, termed “egohoods”, that captures the area surrounding a particular block (based on straight-line distance). This new study extends this idea by explicitly incorporating the street network into the measure. This approach measures street egohoods based on the…Continue Reading Lab publication for new way to measure neighborhoods: Street egohoods
Lab publication on new measure of immigrant neighborhoods
Studies typically measure immigrant neighborhoods based on the composition of the residential population. However, although ethnic businesses are an important component of immigrant neighborhoods, scholars often do not consider them when constructing measures of these neighborhoods. This study proposes a novel way to mesaure immigrant neighborhoods that combines information about the residential population, the presence…Continue Reading Lab publication on new measure of immigrant neighborhoods
Lab publication on business survival and relocation
Although neighborhood crime levels can be impacted by the presence of businesses nearby, it is also the case that crime in the neighborhood can impact businesses. High levels of crime can reduce patronage of businesses, which can result in them going out of business, or choosing to relocate. This study uses rich annual data on…Continue Reading Lab publication on business survival and relocation
Lab publication on temporal crime patterns
Given that crime events exhibit both a spatial and a temporal pattern, this study explores whether certain social and physical environment characteristics have varying relationships with crime at different times of day. The study uses a flexible nonlinear parametric approach on a large sample of street segments (and surrounding spatial area) in Southern California. The…Continue Reading Lab publication on temporal crime patterns