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The Contribution of Crime to Urban Decline

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  • Martin T. Katzman

    (University of Texas at Dallas)

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The fact that crime is higher in the larger urban centers and in the central cities of metropolitan areas suggests that crime has contributed to suburbanisation. Previous studies have been unable to extricate crime from other causes of suburbanisation and central city decline. The present study of residential mobility isolates the effect of property crime from other neighborhood characteristics, such as accessibility to workplace and social composition. In Dallas it is found that the repelling effects of crime for potential movers is greater for families with children than without and for more affluent families, white and black.

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  • Martin T. Katzman, 1980. "The Contribution of Crime to Urban Decline," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 17(3), pages 277-286, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:17:y:1980:i:3:p:277-286
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988020080591
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    3. Julie Berry Cullen & Steven D. Levitt, 1999. "Crime, Urban Flight, And The Consequences For Cities," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 81(2), pages 159-169, May.

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