REEXAMINATION OF THE ETIOLOGY OF URBAN CRIME

• NCJ Number: 32441
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1976) Pages: 491-506
• Author(s): K R Mladenka; K Q Hill
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: American Society of Criminology
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A PAPER INTEGRATING EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS INTO AVAILABLE CRIMINOGENIC THEORY AND INTO THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM OF ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON URBAN CRIME.

Abstract

THE PRESENT ANALYSIS HAS UPHELD THE GENERAL FINDING OF MOST PREVIOUS RESEARCH THAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIME ASSOCIATE DIFFERENTLY WITH POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS DEEMED IMPORTANT TO THE ETIOLOGY OF CRIME. THE FINDINGS HERE DO NOT SUPPORT THE CONCLUSION THAT ALL CRIME RATES ARE BEST PREDICTED WITH SIMILAR NONLINEAR MODELS. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT MORE REFINED ANALYSES WILL BE NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES OF CRIME AND TO DISTINGUISH CAREFULLY THE EXACT NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR VARIABLES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)