A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
CONTESTED PLACES, TRANSGRESSIVE SPACES: CRIME, PERCEIVED DISORDER, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON NEIGHBORHOODS
This dissertation includes three journal-length articles and an overall introduction and conclusion, totaling five chapters. Two articles were published in academic journals, Sociology Compass (Chapter 2) and Homicide Studies (Chapter 3). The third article will be submitted to a journal after further revisions. The first study (Chapter 2) provides a comprehensive review of quantitative research on the relationship between crime, the built environment, land use, and/or physical geography, through sociological and critical geography lenses. An historical overview of criminological and spatial theories is presented before examining the current state of the field. In honor of critical geography’s goal to be “a people’s geography,” this chapter aims to be an accessible overview of space- and place-based criminological research, especially for unfamiliar readers. ; The second study (Chapter 3) assesses the relationship between land use (percent zoning designation per census tract sq. km), and homicide in Portland, Oregon, while controlling for other neighborhood characteristics. Results from negative binomial models suggest that land use – specifically, mixed-use residential (positive association) and single-family residential (negative association) – have significant predictive value for homicide counts beyond neighborhood and socioeconomic characteristics deemed important by criminological theory and research. ; The third study (Chapter 4) argues that although there is an extensive body of qualitative research on graffiti, quantitative research is lacking. Quantitative studies often use graffiti as a disorder indicator, but it is rarely studied in and of itself. This study aims to bring together the conflict-oriented perspectives presented by qualitative work with a quantitative analysis of graffiti in Portland, Oregon. Using evidence from qualitative work, a “resistance perspective” is employed to create and interpret analyses. The distribution of graffiti incidents over time and space is explored before analyzing ...
CONTESTED PLACES, TRANSGRESSIVE SPACES: CRIME, PERCEIVED DISORDER, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON NEIGHBORHOODS
This dissertation includes three journal-length articles and an overall introduction and conclusion, totaling five chapters. Two articles were published in academic journals, Sociology Compass (Chapter 2) and Homicide Studies (Chapter 3). The third article will be submitted to a journal after further revisions. The first study (Chapter 2) provides a comprehensive review of quantitative research on the relationship between crime, the built environment, land use, and/or physical geography, through sociological and critical geography lenses. An historical overview of criminological and spatial theories is presented before examining the current state of the field. In honor of critical geography’s goal to be “a people’s geography,” this chapter aims to be an accessible overview of space- and place-based criminological research, especially for unfamiliar readers. ; The second study (Chapter 3) assesses the relationship between land use (percent zoning designation per census tract sq. km), and homicide in Portland, Oregon, while controlling for other neighborhood characteristics. Results from negative binomial models suggest that land use – specifically, mixed-use residential (positive association) and single-family residential (negative association) – have significant predictive value for homicide counts beyond neighborhood and socioeconomic characteristics deemed important by criminological theory and research. ; The third study (Chapter 4) argues that although there is an extensive body of qualitative research on graffiti, quantitative research is lacking. Quantitative studies often use graffiti as a disorder indicator, but it is rarely studied in and of itself. This study aims to bring together the conflict-oriented perspectives presented by qualitative work with a quantitative analysis of graffiti in Portland, Oregon. Using evidence from qualitative work, a “resistance perspective” is employed to create and interpret analyses. The distribution of graffiti incidents over time and space is explored before analyzing ...
CONTESTED PLACES, TRANSGRESSIVE SPACES: CRIME, PERCEIVED DISORDER, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON NEIGHBORHOODS
Inlow, Alana (author) / Schwartz, Jennifer / Mosher, Clayton / Rotolo, Thomas
2021-01-01
alma:01ALLIANCE_WSU/bibs/99900606757101842
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Electronic Resource
English
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