Mobility-based neighborhood disadvantage and crime in Houston

IF 2.5 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102508

Ling Wu , Claire Seungeun Lee , Chunwu Zhu

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Abstract

Objectives

This study examines the relationship between complex human mobility patterns, neighborhood disadvantage, and crime levels. It operates on the premise that a neighborhood's well-being is shaped not only by static socioeconomic factors but also by the dynamic movement of urban residents. These mobility patterns link neighborhoods to the conditions of both the places their residents visit and those visited by others, forming an interconnected network of influences.

Methods

This study leverages large-scale geocoded cell phone tracking data, along with socioeconomic and crime data, to measure mobility-based neighborhood disadvantage and examine its relationship with violent and property crimes in Houston.

Results

The findings indicate that mobility-based disadvantage is a significant independent predictor of violent and property crimes, even after controlling for residential socioeconomic factors and spatial proximity measures of neighborhood disadvantage.

Conclusions

This highlights the significant impact of structural mobility patterns on neighborhood well-being, with potential implications that extend beyond crime to areas such as community capacity and inequality.

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基于流动性的社区劣势和休斯顿的犯罪率

目的本研究探讨了复杂的人类流动模式、社区劣势和犯罪水平之间的关系。它的运作前提是，一个社区的福祉不仅受到静态社会经济因素的影响，还受到城市居民动态流动的影响。这些流动模式将社区与其居民访问的地方和其他人访问的地方的条件联系起来，形成一个相互关联的影响网络。本研究利用大规模地理编码的手机跟踪数据，以及社会经济和犯罪数据，来衡量基于流动性的社区劣势，并研究其与休斯顿暴力和财产犯罪的关系。结果研究结果表明，即使在控制了居住社会经济因素和邻里劣势的空间邻近度量之后，基于流动性的劣势仍然是暴力和财产犯罪的重要独立预测因子。这突出了结构性流动模式对社区福祉的重大影响，其潜在影响超出了犯罪，延伸到社区能力和不平等等领域。

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Journal of Criminal Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest. Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.