Irvine Lab for the Study of Space and Crime
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 Spatial Scale of Crime.”
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ILSSC researchers forecast a general decrease in both violent and property crime in the Southern California region in 2019. Using a forecast model based on 15 years of data, they project an average decrease in violent crime of 12% and property crime of 1% across cities in 2019. Their forecast model projects violent crime will decrease in 80% of cities in the region and property crime will decrease in 51% of cities in the region. Professor John Hipp notes that “although we are quite confident in the general results of our forecast model, we caution that there can be variations due to idiosyncratic factors within any given city.” Nonetheless, “this forecasted decrease simply continues a long trend that has been occurring in the U.S. and the region over the last 25 years,” observed Professor Charis Kubrin. The just released Southern California Regional Crime Report also provides information on how crime has changed over the last 10 years in cities across the Southern California region.
Violent Crime
Standardized 3 year average crime rate
Property Crime
Standardized 3 year average crime rate
Director of ILSSC Dr. Charis E. Kubrin has been selected as an American Society of Criminology (ASC) Fellow. The status is given to those ASC members who have achieved distinction in criminology. It recognizes people who have made a scholarly contribution to the intellectual life of the discipline, whether in the form of a singular, major piece of scholarship or cumulative scholarly contribution. In addition, a Fellow must have made a significant contribution to the field through the career development of other criminologists and/or through organizational activities within the ASC. Kubrin will be recognized in San Francisco during the 2019 ASC Annual Meeting in November. [Read more…]
ILSSC graduate student Chris Contreras was awarded the 2019 Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Diversity from the American Society of Criminology. This is a prestigious award given to promising scholars studying issues related to racial and ethnic diversity in criminology. Big congrats to Chris!!
