Examining crime symbiosis : the impact of alcohol outlets on violence in nearby neighborhood park environs.

Crime symbiosis;Alcohol outlet;Park;Concentrated disadvantage;Park environ;Off-site

William Cameron Stelzig, 1986-

University:University of Louisville

Department:Department of Justice Administration

关键词: Crime symbiosis;    Alcohol outlet;    Park;    Concentrated disadvantage;    Park environ;    Off-site;   

Others  :  https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2379&context=etd

美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

Recent criminological research has shown the importance of place, as placescreate the opportunities required for crime to occur. This study tests for the presence ofcrime symbiosis, or the interactive relationship between alcohol outlets and nearbyneighborhood parks. A growing body of criminological literature has identified bothneighborhood parks and alcohol outlets as criminogenic land uses. The study examinesthe counts of off-site and on-site alcohol outlets within 500 and 1,000 feet ofneighborhood park environs as predictors of violent crime in park environs. Measures ofconcentrated disadvantage are included in the analyses to determine if factors of thelarger neighborhood influence the variations in violent crime in the park environs. Thestudy finds support for the proposed symbiotic relationship between off-site alcoholoutlets neighborhood park environs, but not on-site outlets. The measures of concentrateddisadvantage were also found non-significant at these places.