STUDY TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF STREET LIGHTING ON STREET CRIME, PHASE 1 - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 32877
• Author(s): R WRIGHT; D THOMAS; P PELLETIER; K DICKINSON
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 163 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-71-132
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Michigan
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE DATA ACCUMULATION PHASE OF A KANSAS CITY PROJECT TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF STREET LIGHTING ON CRIME.

Abstract

IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PHASE 1 OBJECTIVES, THE RESEARCHERS HAVE FORMULATED A CONCEPTUAL, SYSTEM-BASED MODEL OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR TO SERVE AS A SOURCE OF HYPOTHESES AND A CONTEXT FOR INTERPRETING OBSERVATIONS. VARIOUS DATA SOURCES ARE CONSIDERED, AND POLICE OFFENSE FILES ARE CHOSEN FOR CRIME DATA, WHILE A PHOTOMETRIC LIGHTING DATA SOURCE IS DEVISED. A STRATIFIED SAMPLING APPROACH IS USED TO OBTAIN A RANDOM SAMPLE OF OVER 1000 CENSUS BLOCKS. DUMMY-VARIABLE REGRESSION TECHNIQUES ARE THE CHOICE FOR DATA ANALYSIS, MOST OF WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED IN PHASE II. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT LIGHTING GENERALLY DETERS BOTH STREET AND NON-STREET OFFENSES.