ILSSC graduate student Seth Williams was awarded the 2019 Gil Geis Award for excellence in research. This award is given to a graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in research. The committee noted that “Williams’ work, which has been published in prominent national journals, involves measures of neighborhood cohesion and integration. In a short period…Continue Reading Graduate Student Seth Williams wins 2019 Gil Geis Award
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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 alumnus Rylan Simpson joins Simon Fraser University
We’re all super proud of lab alumnus Rylan Simpson, who received his Ph.D. in 2019 from the Department of Criminology, Law & Society and is now an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. Rylan is a Canadian who is heading back home! He studies policing, and how it is related…Continue Reading Lab alumnus Rylan Simpson joins Simon Fraser University
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
ILSSC host “People, Places, and Context: Advances in Criminological Theory” Symposium
“People, Places, and Context: Advances in Criminological Theory” was a two day-long symposium hosted by Criminology, Law and Society Department and, Psychological Science Department – University of California, Irvine, the Irvine Laboratory for the Study of Space and Crime (ILSSC), & Development, Disorder, and Delinquency Laboratory (3DLAB). The symposium was held on April 12, 2019…Continue Reading ILSSC host “People, Places, and Context: Advances in Criminological Theory” Symposium