Policing public transportation : an environmental and procedural evaluation of bus stops / Brandon R. Kooi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kooi, Brandon R., 1973-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local transit crime--United States.

Local transit crime.

Local transit--Security measures--United States.

Local transit.

Local transit crime--United States--Prevention.

Bus stops--Security measures--United States.

Bus stops.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kooi analyzes the spatial impact of bus stops on neighborhood crime statistics and hot spots. His findings indicate that neighborhoods with concentrated bus stop locations suffered higher crime while controlling for relevant social disorganization variables. Crime surrounding or linked to bus stop locations not only affects use of public transportation but also patronage of businesses surrounding the bus stops. Kooi poses questions challenging the notion of responsibility for spaces surrounding bus stop locations and criticizes the lack of planning for placement of bus stops in relation to spatial crime impact. He offers solutions for addressing these issues.

Contents:

Review of the literature

Evolving theoretical discussion

Drilling down the data

Preparing to test collective efficacy

Preparing to compare neighborhood locations

Systematically observing hot spot bus stops

Mapping crime incidents

Testing informal social control

Comparing bus stop and non-bus stop locations

Observations of hot spot bus stops

Conclusions and recommendations.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-288-7

OCLC:

608570324