title: Testing the temporal nature of social disorder through abandoned buildings and interstitial spaces.
abstract: With the recent housing crisis, studying abandoned buildings has once again become important. However, it has been some time since abandoned buildings were the subject of direct study, leaving scholars with scant knowledge about the characteristics of abandoned buildings, how they change, and their relationship to neighborhood processes. To fill this gap, we employed longitudinal photographic and SSO evaluations of 36 abandoned buildings and their immediate surroundings in Chicago for one year (n=587). Results demonstrate the presence and severity of social disorder cues vary across time points and the time of day of observation. There is a relationship between abandoned buildings and social disorder, though the relationship is not a trend. Also, social disorder is diminished around extremely decayed buildings. Lastly, we find that our results are driven by the measurement of places ignored by most SSO studies, including alleys and the rear side of buildings.
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 411 N. Central Ave, Room 600, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States. Electronic address: danielle.wallace@asu.edu.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 411 N. Central Ave, Room 600, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schalliol
mesh_terms: D000850:Anomie; D002641:Chicago; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment
keywords: Abandoned buildings; Disorder; Systematic social observations