Police research, officer surveys, and response rates

J Nix, JT Pickett, H Baek, GP Alpert - Policing and society, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, policing scholars have increasingly used survey methods to gain insight into
officers' attitudes and behaviours. Yet, surprisingly, methodological research analysing …

Close‐ups and the scale of ecology: Land uses and the geography of social context and crime

A Boessen, JR Hipp - Criminology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Whereas one line of recent neighborhood research has placed an emphasis on zooming
into smaller units of analysis such as street blocks, another line of research has suggested …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing urban management challenges for sustainable development: analyzing the impact of neighborhood deprivation on crime distribution in Chicago

O Mansourihanis, MJ Maghsoodi Tilaki, S Sheikhfarshi… - Societies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Urban crime prevention remains a critical challenge intertwined with socioeconomic
disparities. This study investigates the spatial nexus between urban deprivation and crime …

A comprehensive review of quantitative research on crime, the built environment, land use, and physical geography

AR Inlow - Sociology compass, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a comprehensive review of space‐and place‐based criminology, with a
focus on the relationship between crime, the built environment, land use, and/or physical …

Urban poverty and neighborhood effects on crime: Incorporating spatial and network perspectives

C Graif, AS Gladfelter, SA Matthews - Sociology compass, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Research on neighborhoods and crime is on a remarkable growth trajectory. In this article,
we survey important recent developments in the scholarship on neighborhood effects and …

Exploring the moderators of the relationship between nonprofit sector size and its societal impact: A meta-analysis

Y Cheng, CK Hung - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and …, 2024 - Springer
Assessing the impact of the nonprofit sector on society has been one of the most
fundamental yet challenging questions in public and nonprofit management scholarship …

Alleyways and crime in Denver, Colorado census blocks

JC Wo, YA Kim, MT Berg - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
An alley is a narrow passageway between or behind buildings, which allows for pedestrian
or vehicular activities. It follows that there are competing expectations for how this …

Beyond the walls: The social reintegration of prisoners through the dialogic reading of classic universal literature in prison

P Alvarez, R García-Carrión… - … journal of offender …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study analyzed whether it was possible to successfully transfer an experience of
dialogic literary gatherings (DLGs) developed in a prison in the Basque Country (Spain) …

Voluntary organizations and neighborhood crime: A dynamic perspective

JC Wo, JR Hipp, A Boessen - Criminology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Although numerous theories suggest that voluntary organizations contribute to lower crime
rates in neighborhoods, the evidence for this proposition is weak. Consequently, we …

Dangerous places: Gang members and neighborhood levels of gun assault

BM Huebner, K Martin, RK Moule Jr, D Pyrooz… - Justice …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Despite attention to the role of gangs in urban gun violence, much remains to be learned
about the spatial distribution and consequences of residential gang membership. This study …