Home Ownership and Crime: What is the Relationship?

Garland White, Old Dominion University

ABSTRACT
An examination of the relationship between the percent of homeowners in a city or neighborhood and selected crime rates. The study considers the 100 largest U.S. cities in the periods 1970-80 and 1980-90. Also included is an analysis of the crimerelationship across neighborhoods in Norfolk, Virginia for the period, 1980-1990. The study examines the effect of per capita income on the relationship. A two wave cross-lag procedure is used to analyze the relationship.

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