This study explored the dynamic nature of neighborhoods using a relatively novel approach
and data source. By using a nonparametric holistic approach of neighborhood change …

The population detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement more than doubled
between 2001 and 2013, swelling to over 477,000 individuals. Despite this growth, few studies …

In September 2013, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a
directive regarding the use of solitary confinement for ICE detainees. Among other …

Shaw and McKay advanced social disorganization theory in the 1930s, kick-starting a large
body of research on communities and crime. Studies emphasize individual impacts of poverty…

Routine activities theory is an environmental, place‐based explanation of crime, where the
behavioral patterns and intersections of people in time and space influence when and where …

THE idea that neighborhoods and crime are intimately connected has a long history in the
field of criminology. Dating back to the era of the Chicago School of sociology, and particularly …

Due to data limitations, most studies of neighbourhood change within regions assume that
change over the years of a decade is relatively constant from year-to-year. We use data on …

In recent years, a growing proportion of the population has moved into gated communities
in response to an increasingly pandemic fear of crime. While a sizable body of research has …

Although local and regional planning entities have attempted to direct growth into transit
corridors to achieve the sustainability goals of California Senate Bill 375 (SB 375), little is known …

The Chicago School is particularly known for its work in the early twentieth century when it
hosted a variety of influential sociological perspectives, reflecting the collective research of …