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Publication Date: January 2009
Publisher: Furman Center for Real Estate
Author(s): Ingrid Gould Ellen; Katherine O'Regan
Research Area: Social conditions
Keywords: crime; neighborhoods; poverty; Community and Economic Development
Type: Working Paper
Abstract:
For most of the twentieth century, U.S. cities – and their high-poverty neighborhoods in particular—were viewed as dangerous, crime-ridden places that middle class, mobile (and typically white) households avoided, fueling suburbanization. While some pundits and policy analysts bemoaned this urban flight, others voiced concern over the potential impact of crime-ridden environments on the urban residents who were left behind. In the past decade or so, the media has instead highlighted the dramatic reductions in crime taking place in many large cities. In this paper we explore these crime reductions and their implications for urban environments.