TY - JOUR
T1 - A Longitudinal Assessment of the Impact of Foreclosure on Neighborhood Crime
AU - Katz, Charles M.
AU - Wallace, Danielle
AU - Hedberg, E. C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article: The research was funded, in part, by the Maricopa County, Arizona Managers Office.
Funding Information:
The research was funded, in part, by the Maricopa County, Arizona Managers office. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of Maricopa County. However, any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect views of Maricopa County.
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Objectives: To examine possible effects of housing foreclosure on neighborhood levels of crime and to assess temporal lags in the impact of foreclosure on neighborhood levels of crime. Methods: Longitudinal data from Glendale, Arizona, a city at the epicenter of the nation's foreclosure problem. The authors rely on four data sources: (1) foreclosure data, (2) computeraided dispatch (CAD)/police records management system (RMS) data, (3) U.S. census and census estimate data, and (4) land use data. Results: Foreclosure has a short-term impact, typically no more than 3 months, on total crime, property crime, and violent crime, and no more than 4 months for drug crime. Conclusions: Foreclosures do not have a long-term effect on crime in general, and have different, though modest effects on different types of crime. The relationship between foreclosure and crime is not linear in nature but rather is characterized by a temporal, short-term flux in crime.
AB - Objectives: To examine possible effects of housing foreclosure on neighborhood levels of crime and to assess temporal lags in the impact of foreclosure on neighborhood levels of crime. Methods: Longitudinal data from Glendale, Arizona, a city at the epicenter of the nation's foreclosure problem. The authors rely on four data sources: (1) foreclosure data, (2) computeraided dispatch (CAD)/police records management system (RMS) data, (3) U.S. census and census estimate data, and (4) land use data. Results: Foreclosure has a short-term impact, typically no more than 3 months, on total crime, property crime, and violent crime, and no more than 4 months for drug crime. Conclusions: Foreclosures do not have a long-term effect on crime in general, and have different, though modest effects on different types of crime. The relationship between foreclosure and crime is not linear in nature but rather is characterized by a temporal, short-term flux in crime.
KW - crime
KW - foreclosure
KW - longitudinal
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U2 - 10.1177/0022427811431155
DO - 10.1177/0022427811431155
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879802343
SN - 0022-4278
VL - 50
SP - 359
EP - 389
JO - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
JF - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
IS - 3
ER -
