Document Type
Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
Gentrification is a complex process of urban redevelopment that typically involves an in-migration of educated people to neighborhoods experiencing a period of disinvestment. While gentrification is widely regarded for its potential to displace long-time businesses and residents of the neighborhood, its impact on crime is highly controversial. There is not a consensus on the relationship between gentrification and crime across criminological theory and past statistical studies have also shown contradictory results. Measuring gentrification on the tract level with census data, we seek to understand gentrification’s relationship with violent crime and theft in the Twin Cities. Using a Poisson model with spatial components, our results show no indication that gentrification results in reduced rates of violent crime or theft. Broader crime patterns and implications of gentrification are also discussed.
Recommended Citation
Franke, Erin G., "Gentrification and Crime in the Twin Cities: Insights and Challenges through a Statistical Lens" (2023). Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Honors Projects. 75.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/mathcs_honors/75
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