Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Lacoe, Johanna; Sharygin, Claudia … - In: Journal of Urban Economics 74 (2013) C, pp. 59-70
property might increase the payoffs to committing crime and decrease the likelihood of being caught, including reduced … maintenance, residential turnover, and vacancy. Using point-specific, longitudinal crime, foreclosure, and other property data … have reverted to bank ownership. We find that effects are largest in neighborhoods with moderate or high levels of crime …