The interrelationship of crime and health at microgeographic places is an understudied area
of research. While research on the geography of health provides an ecological perspective …

Vacant land in shrinking cities has long been associated with high crime rates and economic
decline. While some efforts have been made to repurpose vacant land for tax revenue …

Objectives: Abandoned houses may attract or generate crime; however, little is known about
the nature of this relationship. Our study is aimed at better understanding this link. Methods …

Park inequity has been widely examined in US cities, yet the results were inconclusive. This
gap is possibly because of the consideration of one single aspect of access at a time and the …

The current study tests neighborhood (ie, block group) effects reflective of broken windows
theory (ie, neighborhood, public space, social, housing disorder) on crime. Furthermore …

Purpose Studies examining public insecurity and tourism tend to develop their research from
the tourist's perspective, thereby focusing on its consequences, which insufficiently and …

Our study explores whether certain establishments repel crime in a high-crime
neighborhood. We draw on interviews with 35 neighborhood insiders in 2014 and 2015 …

Trauma has unfortunately become an all-too familiar occurrence in the lives of children, with
a majority of youth experiencing a traumatic event before the age of 18. With the rise of …

Although the overall crime rate in Taiwan has shown a declining trend in recent years, the
proportion of burglaries remains high. Most studies regarding the prevention of burglaries …

Universities focus on offering positive, safer, and welcoming experiences through on-
campus facilities and design. Despite these efforts, universities can host socioenvironmental …