Citation

Suresh G, Vito GF. Homicide Stud. 2009; 13(4): 411-433.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1088767909349749

PMID

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Abstract

This study examines the impact of the revitalization of low-income, public housing properties on homicide patterns. It tracks the movement of homicide clusters from the initial properties to those neighborhoods where public housing residents were displaced over a 19-year period in Louisville, Kentucky. The median-income level of residents and vacant housing emerged as important predictors of homicide clusters. This article concludes that low-income public housing and Section 8 housing properties provide an environment where homicides are likely to occur. This pattern remained in effect even when the nature of public housing changed.