Citation

Shichor D, Decker DL, O'Brien RM. J. Crim. Justice 1980; 8(5): 309-316.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(80)90042-2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between indicators of environmental control and criminal victimization rates in twenty-six large American central cities. Using a typology of criminal victimization that classifies crimes as property crimes with contact, property crimes without contact, and nonproperty assaultive crimes, it is found that both the number of police per capita and population density are negatively related to property crimes without contact and nonproperty assaultive crimes. However, the number of police per capita (controlling for population density) is not related to property crimes with contact, while population density (controlling for number of police per capita) is positively related to these crimes. Possible explanations for these patterns of relationships are discussed.