Doctoral Dissertation Research: Neighborhood Crime and Property Values

博士论文研究：邻里犯罪与财产价值

• 批准号: 1203105
• 负责人: Ryan King
• 金额: $ 0.83万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Albany
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-15 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203105&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Neighborhood; Crime

SES-1203105Ryan KingSarah McGeeverSUNY, AlbanyAbstractDoctoral Dissertation Research: Neighborhood Crime and Property ValuesThe construction of new correctional facilities often faces opposition by potential neighboring communities. Two primary concerns are consistently cited as reasons for such opposition: fears of rising crime and declining property values in the neighborhood. However, few empirical studies have examined this important and timely issue. This project employs data on almost 10,000 census tracts from 91 U.S. cities to investigate the relationship between correctional facilities, crime rates, and property values.The project is grounded in social scientific theories regarding social disorganization and routine activities. It pursues three main empirical goals. First, longitudinal analyses will examine the relationship between the presence of a correctional facility, crime levels and property values over time to gauge the degree to which these patterns have changed. Second, cross-sectional analyses of neighborhoods, disaggregated by the level of socio-economic disadvantage, will assess the degree to which the type of neighborhood influences results. Finally, analyses will evaluate whether the type of correctional facility shapes the effects on crime and property values. The methodological approach includes several types of multivariate modeling, as well as propensity score matching. In addition to U.S. Census data (1990, 2000), the study relies on the National Neighborhood Crime Study and the Time Series Database available via Geolytics, Inc.Broader ImpactsFindings from this dissertation seek to inform our understanding of how the presence of correctional facilities impacts the surrounding communities. Results from this project may be of interest to urban and community planners, as well as the law enforcement community and the general public. In addition to policy impacts, this dissertation project will produce a novel, publicly available dataset containing crime statistics, property value and correctional facility variables at the census tract level for a number of large cities.

SES-1203105Ryan KingSarah McGeever纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校摘要博士论文研究：邻里犯罪和财产价值新惩教设施的建设经常面临潜在邻近社区的反对。 人们一致认为，造成这种反对的原因有两个主要问题：担心犯罪率上升和邻近地区房产价值下降。然而，很少有实证研究探讨过这个重要而及时的问题。 该项目利用来自 91 个美国城市的近 10,000 个人口普查区的数据来调查惩教设施、犯罪率和财产价值之间的关系。该项目以有关社会解体和日常活动的社会科学理论为基础。 它追求三个主要的实证目标。首先，纵向分析将检查惩教设施的存在、犯罪水平和财产价值之间的关系随时间的推移，以衡量这些模式发生变化的程度。其次，按社会经济劣势水平对社区进行横断面分析，以评估社区类型对结果的影响程度。最后，分析将评估惩教设施的类型是否对犯罪和财产价值产生影响。 该方法包括多种类型的多元建模以及倾向得分匹配。 除了美国人口普查数据（1990 年、2000 年）之外，该研究还依赖于国家邻里犯罪研究和 Geolytics, Inc. 提供的时间序列数据库。本论文的更广泛影响研究结果旨在帮助我们了解惩教设施的存在如何影响周围社区。该项目的结果可能会引起城市和社区规划者以及执法界和公众的兴趣。 除了政策影响之外，该论文项目还将生成一个新颖的、公开的数据集，其中包含许多大城市人口普查区层面的犯罪统计数据、财产价值和惩教设施变量。