Segregation, Racial Structure, and Neighborhood Violent Crime

Drawing on structural racism and urban disadvantage approaches, this article posits a broad influence of citywide racial residential segregation on levels of violent crime across all urban neighborhoods regardless of their racial/ethnic composition. Multilevel models based on data from the National...

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Published in:The American journal of sociology 2009-05, Vol.114 (6), p.1765-1802
Main Authors: KRIVO, Lauren J, PETERSON, Ruth D, KUHL, Danielle C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Continental Population Groups
Crime
Crime - statistics & numerical data
Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide
Cultures and civilizations
Disadvantaged
Ethnic groups. Acculturation. Cultural identity
Female
Hispanic Americans
History of medicine
History of medicine and histology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Multivariate Analysis
Neighborhoods
Neighbourhoods
Poisson Distribution
Poverty
Prejudice
Race
Racial discrimination
Racism
Residence Characteristics
Residential segregation
Risk Factors
Segregation
Social disadvantage
Social Justice - statistics & numerical data
Social systems
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology
Sociology of law and criminology
U.S.A
United States
Urban structure
Violence
Violence - statistics & numerical data
Violent crime
Young Adult
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Summary:Drawing on structural racism and urban disadvantage approaches, this article posits a broad influence of citywide racial residential segregation on levels of violent crime across all urban neighborhoods regardless of their racial/ethnic composition. Multilevel models based on data from the National Neighborhood Crime Study for 7,622 neighborhoods in 79 cities throughout the United States reveal that segregation is positively associated with violent crime for white and various types of nonwhite neighborhoods. Nonetheless, there is a lack of parity in violence across these types of communities reflecting the larger racialized social system in which whites are able to use their privileged position to reside in the most advantaged neighborhoods, while African-Americans and Latinos live in the most disadvantaged urban communities and therefore bear the brunt of urban criminal violence.
ISSN:0002-9602
1537-5390
DOI:10.1086/597285