TY - JOUR
T1 - A Test of the Routine Activities and Neighborhood Attachment Explanations for Bias in Disorder Perceptions
AU - Wallace, Danielle
N1 - Funding Information:
The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was partially supported by the Housing and Urban Development Dissertation Research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2011 SAGE Publications
PY - 2015/5/14
Y1 - 2015/5/14
N2 - “Neighborhood disorder” refers to how people perceive neighborhoods as unsafe and disorganized. However, certain disorder cues may indicate disorder to some residents but not to others. There are many explanations for disorder perception bias, though few have been tested. This article uses data on 4,721 residents in 100 neighborhoods in Seattle to assess two explanations for biases: neighborhood attachment and routine activities. Using fixed-effect models, this article shows that neighborhood attachment and routine activities provide additional insight into disorder perceptions. Hanging out with teens and engaging in protective neighborhood activities, like watching neighbors’ property, have a strong positive influence on disorder perceptions. This study concludes by discussing alternative explanations for disorder perception bias and their impact on disorder theory as a whole.
AB - “Neighborhood disorder” refers to how people perceive neighborhoods as unsafe and disorganized. However, certain disorder cues may indicate disorder to some residents but not to others. There are many explanations for disorder perception bias, though few have been tested. This article uses data on 4,721 residents in 100 neighborhoods in Seattle to assess two explanations for biases: neighborhood attachment and routine activities. Using fixed-effect models, this article shows that neighborhood attachment and routine activities provide additional insight into disorder perceptions. Hanging out with teens and engaging in protective neighborhood activities, like watching neighbors’ property, have a strong positive influence on disorder perceptions. This study concludes by discussing alternative explanations for disorder perception bias and their impact on disorder theory as a whole.
KW - disorder perceptions
KW - neighborhood attachment
KW - neighborhoods
KW - routine activities
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U2 - 10.1177/0011128711426538
DO - 10.1177/0011128711426538
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84864842074
SN - 0011-1287
VL - 61
SP - 587
EP - 609
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
IS - 4
ER -