Tagged ‘Crime Rates’
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We’re Fixated on the Tsarnaevs, But Day-to-Day Urban Violence Is the Bigger Killer
As journalists continue to scrutinize the lives of the Tsarnaev brothers in search of answers to the Boston Marathon bombings, other troubled young men are picking up guns and killing one another in cities across the country. A hierarchy of death has rendered these lives invisible.
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Study: Urban Vegetation, When Well Maintained, Deters Crime
A study finds that urban vegetation, long thought to enable crime, in fact helps to deter it — so long as the vegetation is well maintained.
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Researchers Challenge Jane Jacobsian Notion that “Eyes On the Street” Reduce Crime
A report finds that some Los Angeles areas zoned for residential only have lower instances of crime than mixed-use areas — though both have lower crime levels than single-use commercial areas. Yet it doesn’t completely fly in the face of Jane Jacobsian principles.
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Crime Still Worries Philly the Most
A new study finds that curbing violent crime remains the single most important issue for Philadelphians. The topic will likely define the second term of the city’s reasonably popular mayor.
