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[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275124009132 by Aleksandra J. Snowden 3/25 ScienceDirect] | [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275124009132 by Aleksandra J. Snowden 3/25 ScienceDirect] | ||
Prior research has emphasized the interconnection between community structure, civil society activism, and crime. Yet, the statistical association between crime and block clubs, a key element in local networks of voluntary associations and mutual self-help, has not been previously examined in the literature. We collected cross-sectional data on block clubs and crime in Chicago, Illinois, and estimated a set of negative binomial and quantile regression models, while controlling for social disorganization, nearby block club and crime levels, residential population and area size. W | Prior research has emphasized the interconnection between community structure, civil society activism, and crime. Yet, the statistical association between crime and block clubs, a key element in local networks of voluntary associations and mutual self-help, has not been previously examined in the literature. We collected cross-sectional data on block clubs and crime in Chicago, Illinois, and estimated a set of negative binomial and quantile regression models, while controlling for social disorganization, nearby block club and crime levels, residential population and area size. W | ||
=====Police levels and crime rates: An instrumental variables approach===== | |||
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0049089X10000062 by John L. Worrall 5/2010 ScienceDirect] | |||
While police levels may affect crime, governments may react to crime by increasing police levels. The instrumental variables (IV) approach to this problem has proven difficult due to the problem of locating instruments for police levels. Using panel data from over 5000 cities (1990–2001), we instrumented police levels with two types of federal law enforcement grants, thus yielding over-identified models. | |||
