Permeability across a Metropolitan Area: Conceptualizing and Operationalizing a Macrolevel Crime Pattern Theory

Permeability across a Metropolitan Area: Conceptualizing and Operationalizing a Macrolevel Crime Pattern Theory

The intrametropolitan relationship between municipality-level physical environment and crime changes appears to have been overlooked by crime and environment researchers. The current effort focuses on permeability; suggests dynamics whereby permeability affects changing municipality-level crime patt...

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Published in:Environment and planning. A Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 129 - 152
Main Authors: Groff, Elizabeth R, Taylor, Ralph B, Elesh, David B, McGovern, Jennifer, Johnson, Lallen
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-01-2014
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Subjects:
America
Bgi / Prodig
Crime
Data collection
Dynamics
East North Central
Metropolitan areas
Pennsylvania
Physical environment
Property
U.S.A
United States of America
Violent crime
United States of America
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
municipality
crime
metropolitan crime
crime pattern theory
permeability
Municipality
Violence
Criminality
Delinquency
Permeability
Metropolitan area
Social geography
Large city
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Summary:The intrametropolitan relationship between municipality-level physical environment and crime changes appears to have been overlooked by crime and environment researchers. The current effort focuses on permeability; suggests dynamics whereby permeability affects changing municipality-level crime patterns across a metropolitan area; selects and operationalizes theoretically appropriate permeability indicators; and links permeability to unexpected crime changes. Data are from 355 municipalities in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and property and violent crime unexpected changes over two change periods are assessed. Three municipality-level indices reflecting internal and boundary permeability are developed that are internally consistent and cross reference in sensible ways with large-scale physical environment features of municipalities. Permeability indicators link as predicted with unexpected violent and property crime changes. This research provides a theoretical and empirical foundation for linking permeability to changing municipality-level crime rates across a metropolitan area.
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ISSN:0308-518X
1472-3409
DOI:10.1068/a45702