Criminogenic facilities and crime across street segments in Philadelphia: Uncovering evidence about the spatial extent of facility influence

ER Groff, B Lockwood - Journal of research in crime and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Test whether the exposure of street segments to five different potentially
criminogenic facilities is positively related to violent, property, or disorder crime counts …

Quantifying the exposure of street segments to drinking places nearby

ER Groff - Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2014 - Springer
Objectives Introduce and test the relative efficacy of two methods for modeling the impact of
cumulative 'exposure'to drinking facilities on violent crime at street segments. Methods One …

Perception of neighborhood environment and health risk behaviors in Prague's teenagers: a pilot study in a post-communist city

J Spilkova, D Dzúrova, M Pitonak - International journal of health …, 2014 - Springer
Background A youths' neighborhood can play an important role in their physical, health, and
emotional development. The prevalence of health risk behavior (HRB) in Czech youth such …

Urban crime and spatial proximity to liquor: evidence from a quasi-experiment in seattle

A Chamberlain - Available at SSRN 2502610, 2014 - papers.ssrn.com
There is a well-established correlation between retail liquor outlets and crime, but few
studies identify causal effects. I exploit a unique source of identifying variation to establish …

Drop out patterns in the East Los Angeles community college

DK Waktola - Community College Journal of Research and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This study attempted to analyze the drop out problem from spatial perspectives within the
context of East Los Angeles Community College, California. Selected urban land-use types …

Spatial economic analysis of liquor privatization in Washington State

K LoPiccalo - 2014 - escholarship.org
Alcohol is both a dangerous drug and an economically significant good. State regulation of
alcohol is motivated by an emphasis on public safety and efficient distribution of the product …