Housing Relocation Policy and Violence: A Literature Review.
This article summarizes and reviews the cross-discipline literature on violent crime in destination neighborhoods postrelocation in order to build a more comprehensive picture of risk factors for violence, as well as how and why housing policies influence risk of violence. High rates of violent crime continue to be a persistent problem in areas of concentrated poverty and public housing. Modern housing programs such as Moving to Opportunity and Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere are popular interventions for reducing the density of low-income people receiving public housing assistance by relocating residents of distressed housing projects. However, evidence suggests that relocated residents may not experience less violence or improved safety in their new communities.
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Andrea
A
Casas
Consortium for Injury Research and Community Action (CIRCA), Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jessica
J
Duell
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Teagen
T
O'Malley
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Patricia
P
Documet
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Richard
R
Garland
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Steven
S
Albert
Consortium for Injury Research and Community Action (CIRCA), Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA afabio@pitt.edu.
Anthony
A
Fabio
D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D011638:Public Housing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
community violence; crime; displacement; homicide; public housing; relocation; transition; urban renewal; violence exposure; youth violence