Examining the Impact of Methodological Decisions on the Results of Crime & Place Research

• In Event: Communities and Place: Theorizing and Measuring Crime in Places

Abstract

Studies explaining crime levels across micro-places require a number of methodological decisions. For example, the operationalization of predictors, exclusion of spatial units, and choice of units of analysis often differ across studies. It is possible that methodological decisions impact the conclusions drawn from crime and place studies. An understanding of this impact is important for evaluating what is currently known theoretically about the link between crime and place. This study addresses this need by examining the impact of several methodological decisions on a study of micro-places and street robberies in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Authors

• Samantha Marie Henderson, University of Cincinnati

• Jeffrey E. Clutter, Marywood University

• Cory P. Haberman, University of Cincinnati