Research / Themes / Communities / Local crime and policy impacts
Recent collaborative projects led by graduate students have examined both the consequences of local crime rates, and efforts to alter them.
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Selected publications
Lawton, BA, Taylor, RB, and Luongo, A (2005) Police Officers on Drug Corners in Philadelphia, Drug Crime and Violent Crime: Intended, Diffusion, and Displacement Impacts. Justice Quarterly 22 427-451.
Garcia, RM, Taylor, R B, and Lawton, BA (2007) Impacts of violent crime and neighborhood structure on trusting your neighbors. Justice Quarterly 24 (4) 679-704.