Communities and Place: Crime in Specific Places

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

The panel includes four panels, each investigated crime as a product of specific places. The first paper takes a look at homicides over 150 years in San Francisco, identifying hot spot and connecting many to specific locations including hotels and bars. The second paper explores crime in the context of large urban spaces, finding that for most land use types large parcels had disproportionately high crime rates. The final two papers both involve policy approaches to addressing crime in specific places. The third paper describes using a charrette model to identify and plan for problem places not captured in official crime data. The fourth paper a explores a civil abatement program designed to address problem properties. This panel was organized by the Division of Communities and Place.

Sub Unit

• Area IV. Correlates of Crime / 30. Neighborhoods & Structural Inequalities

Division of Special Interest

• Division Session of Interest / Division of Communities and Place

Individual Presentations

• Homicide Hot Spots and Crime-Related Places in San Francisco: Changes Over Time & Space - Jacob Becker, Oakland University; Kelsey Cundiff, Pennsylvania State University; Patrick Ryan Cundiff, Western Michigan University

• Crime Effects of Large Urban Facilities - YongJei Lee, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; SooHyun O, University of Cincinnati; Marcus K. Felson, Texas State University

• Deploying Different Crime Mapping and Forecasting Methods to Propose Placemaking-CPTED Strategies Using a Charrette Model - Linda Nubani, Michigan State University; Alaina De Biasi, Michigan State University

• Assessing the Impact of a Private Property Abatement Program in Cincinnati, Ohio - Samantha Marie Henderson, University of Cincinnati; Cory P. Haberman, University of Cincinnati

Chair

• Samantha Marie Henderson, University of Cincinnati