Is the spatial distribution of urban green space associated with crime in Chicago?

J Ha, DH Choi, LE Darling - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2024 - Elsevier
During past decades, much progress has been made to elucidate the relationship between
the quantity of urban green space and crimes, but less is known about how their spatial …

Research note: Examining the association between tree canopy, parks and crime in Chicago

T Schusler, L Weiss, D Treering… - Landscape and Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces have been shown to benefit residents' physical and mental health as
well as strengthen social ties. Some studies have found that presence of vegetation also …

[HTML][HTML] Does green space influence assaults? Evidence from Toronto, Canada

Y Dong, H Liu - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022 - Elsevier
Criminal behavior has been traditionally linked to green space. However, studies on the
relationship between green space and crime vary in their conclusions and even contradict …

[HTML][HTML] Urban greenspace linked to lower crime risk across 301 major US cities

SS Ogletree, LR Larson, RB Powell, DL White… - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Greenspace enhances quality of life for urban residents in many ways, but it may also
produce unexpected and undesired consequences. For example, a growing literature is …

Greenness and crime in the city: an investigation using remote sensing and spatial panel models

S Bhatia, L Jason - Applied spatial analysis and policy, 2023 - Springer
Evidence has suggested that healthy environmental greenness is associated with lower
rates of crime. The goal of this study was to explore this phenomenon from a longitudinal …

[HTML][HTML] Neighborhood street activity and greenspace usage uniquely contribute to predicting crime

KE Schertz, J Saxon, C Cardenas-Iniguez… - Npj Urban …, 2021 - nature.com
Crime is a costly societal issue. While many factors influence urban crime, one less-studied
but potentially important factor is neighborhood greenspace. Research has shown that …

Urban greenspace and neighborhood crime

JC Wo, EM Rogers - Criminology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urban greenspace (UGS) has been recently linked to public safety. Criminologists, however,
have been largely absent from the discussion about this association, despite having …

Greenspace and crime: An analysis of greenspace types, neighboring composition, and the temporal dimensions of crime

A Kimpton, J Corcoran… - Journal of Research in …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: There is a growing interest in the relationship between greenspace and crime,
yet how particular greenspace types encourage or inhibit the timing and types of …

The Grass is Always Greener: Analyzing Crime Concentration and Specialization in Urban Greenspace Environs

C Hodgen, K Wuschke - Russ. J. Econ. & L., 2023 - HeinOnline
Objective: to identify the level of crime in urban greenspaces and their correclation with
certain crime types. Methods: dialectical approach to cognition of social phenomena …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of green space on violent crime in urban environments: an evidence synthesis

M Shepley, N Sachs, H Sadatsafavi, C Fournier… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Can the presence of green space in urban environments reduce the frequency of violent
crime? To ascertain the evidence on this topic, we conducted an in-depth literature review …