Effects of greening and community reuse of vacant lots on crime

Urban Studies
Michelle C KondoCharles C Branas

Abstract

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation initiated a 'Lots of Green' programme to reuse vacant land in 2010. We performed a difference-in-differences analysis of the effects of this programme on crime in and around newly treated lots, in comparison to crimes in and around randomly selected and matched, untreated vacant lot controls. The effects of two types of vacant lot treatments on crime were tested: a cleaning and greening 'stabilisation' treatment and a 'community reuse' treatment mostly involving community gardens. The combined effects of both types of vacant lot treatments were also tested. After adjustment for various sociodemographic factors, linear and Poisson regression models demonstrated statistically significant reductions in all crime classes for at least one lot treatment type. Regression models adjusted for spatial autocorrelation found the most consistent significant reductions in burglaries around stabilisation lots, and in assaults around community reuse lots. Spill-over crime reduction effects were found in contiguous areas around newly treated lots. Significant increases in motor vehicle thefts around both types of lots were also found after they had been greened. Community-initiated vacant lot ...Continue Reading

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Feb 28, 2018·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Charles C BranasJohn M MacDonald
Mar 8, 2018·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Michelle C KondoCharles C Branas
Jan 13, 2018·Annual Review of Public Health·Michelle C KondoCharles C Branas
Apr 28, 2018·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Alison J CulybaDouglas J Wiebe
Sep 15, 2018·American Journal of Community Psychology·Justin E HeinzeMarc A Zimmerman
Oct 5, 2018·Public Health Reports·Michelle C KondoCharles C Branas
Oct 11, 2019·Research in Nursing & Health·Kelli N DePriestFrank C Curriero
Dec 19, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Mardelle ShepleyKati Peditto
Feb 29, 2020·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Lauren A Magee
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Aug 28, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Cassandra Johnson GaitherAlan Ricardo da Silva
Aug 2, 2019·Journal of Behavioral Medicine·Jonathan JayDavid Hemenway
Oct 8, 2019·Health Affairs·Bernadette C HohlCharles C Branas
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