title: Patterns of local segregation: Do they matter for neighborhood crime?
abstract: In this paper, we extend recent research on the spatial measurement of segregation and the spatial dynamics of urban crime by conceptualizing, measuring, and describing local segregation by race-ethnicity and economic status, and examining the linkages of these conditions with levels of neighborhood violent and property crime. The analyses are based on all 8895 census tracts within a sample of 86 large U.S. cities. We fit multilevel models of crime that incorporate measures of local segregation. The results reveal that, net of city-level and neighborhood characteristics, White-Black local segregation is associated with lower violent and property crime. In contrast, local segregation of low income from high income households is connected with higher crime, particularly neighborhood violence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States. Electronic address: lkrivo@sociology.rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Lauren J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Krivo
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX 78626, United States. Electronic address: byronr@southwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Reginald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Byron
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States. Electronic address: calder@stat.osu.edu.
authors.forename: Catherine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Calder
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States. Electronic address: peterson.5@sociology.osu.edu.
authors.forename: Ruth D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States. Electronic address: browning.90@sociology.osu.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Browning
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820, United States. Electronic address: mkwan@illinois.edu.
authors.forename: Mei-Po
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kwan
authors.affiliation: Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: leejy@krihs.re.kr.
authors.forename: Jae Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000374:Aggression; D002947:Cities; D003415:Crime; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011203:Poverty; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D012924:Social Conditions; D000072699:Social Segregation; D013800:Theft; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population; D014754:Violence; D044465:White People
keywords: Neighborhood crime; Race–ethnic and economic inequality; Segregation