RESEARCHING THE EFFECTS OF CRIME ON COMMUNITIES

by | Mar 21, 2023 | Criminal law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will first need to select a community with high or increasing levels of crime.

Select three peer-reviewed journal articles related to crime in your selected community to use for this Assessment.

In your analysis, explain the following:

1. In 2–3 pages total:

· Identify the research question in each article.

· Provide an overview of the independent and dependent variables.

· Explain the effects of your selected crime on the community studied.

· Explain how the research findings compare to the existing body of knowledge. (Look in the discussion section of the articles.)

Sample Solution

· Discuss how the research could inform a crime prevention program for your selected community.

For this assignment, I chose to analyze crime in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The three peer-reviewed journal articles I used are “Social Cohesion and Perceived Neighborhood Safety” by Neergaard et al. (2018), “The Effects of Crime on Public Intentions Toward Homeownership” by Osterman (2019), and “Neighborhood Contextual Influences on Urban Youth Involvement in Violence” by Chaffin et al. (2017).

Sample Solution

· Discuss how the research could inform a crime prevention program for your selected community.

For this assignment, I chose to analyze crime in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The three peer-reviewed journal articles I used are “Social Cohesion and Perceived Neighborhood Safety” by Neergaard et al. (2018), “The Effects of Crime on Public Intentions Toward Homeownership” by Osterman (2019), and “Neighborhood Contextual Influences on Urban Youth Involvement in Violence” by Chaffin et al. (2017).

Neergaard et al’s article examines the relationship between social cohesion and perceived neighborhood safety using data from a survey conducted among 1,593 adults living in Detroit neighborhoods with varying levels of criminal activity. The independent variables were individual attitudes towards their local community while the dependent variable was perceived safety within their neighborhood overall.

Based on their results, they concluded that individuals who had positive perceptions of their community tended to feel safer than those who did not – even when living in neighborhoods with high levels of crime or poverty.

Osterman’s study focuses on how different types of crimes influence public intentions toward homeownership within urban settings such as Detroit to determine if certain types of crimes have stronger effects than others. This article found that violent crimes had a greater dampening effect on public intentions toward homeownership while property related offenses had less significant impacts across various demographic groups.

Lastly, Chaffin et al.’s article looks at how various aspects of an individual’s neighborhood context can lead to increased involvement with violence among adolescents living in urban areas like Detroit through analyzing data from 496 youth aged 11-18 years old taken from five schools located around the city.

The findings revealed that youths who lived in more disadvantaged neighborhoods which lacked recreational facilities and social resources were more likely to engage in violent activities compared to those living elsewhere.
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