Summary Of The Relationship Between Gentrification And Crime Rates

Gentrification presents itself when outsiders enter an urban community, commonly densely populated with people of color, and through complicit actions wards off the residents within. As the area begins to gain popularity and appeal, the soaring property prices create an incentive for the property owners to rid of the tenants to make room for the newcomers. Furthermore, corporations begin to supersede homes and exploit defenseless communities. Although the newcomers do tend to improve these previously indigent neighborhoods, it comes at the destruction of the cultures that exist within said neighborhoods. Therefore, the amenities of the communities of color enervate in the name of gentrification.

Cities seek to improve their position in all three of the systems of stratification – economic, social, and political (Kantor, 2013). Currently, the city is at a stand still in these three categories. With the recent media reaction to the crimes, the social aspect of the city is damaged in the south end of the city with fear of crime, Residents in this area are becoming more reluctant to go outside and congregate with others due to the recent headlines of big crimes. The economic aspect of the city is affected in the suburban areas of these crimes. Homes that are up for sale may now take even longer to sell due to recent headlines. Politically, the Chief of Police now has questions to answer as to his approach from here on out with patrol strategies in the south end of the city. Esther Hyatt stated in his article, “Crime has plummeted from synergistic improvements in public safety with input from law enforcement, community agencies, residents, elected officials, and media partners (Hyatt, 2011).” The chief may look to these strategies by taking advantage of the publicity for patrol

When a neighborhood is gentrified it will not only change the image of it, but also the services available there (Al-Kodmany 2011, 62-63). In other words, gentrification does not only have an impact on the physical aspect of the land, but also the resources that lie there. During the 90s, the Near West Side neighborhood located near Loop, an up-scale neighborhood, sought drastic changes within the area. The changes in racial demographics in the Near West Side indicated that the health risks that affected minorities dropped in the past decade (1992-2002) (Al-Kodmany 2011,

Living in communities that are run down, neglected and forgotten takes a toll on all members of the community. This is especially true when residents witness new properties being erected around the city as their own neighborhoods are deemed “ghettos” and not receiving the investment necessary for improvements. Many of the low income housing that is available to city residents aren’t the most desirable properties as they may have structural deficiencies, lead paint, rats and roaches running amuck. Many older properties also do not have adequately functioning heat or hot water availability. The housing projects also do not have air conditioning. On hot days, having no cool break in addition to all the other negative social factors, this can be a deadly combination that may perpetuate frustrations and ultimately lead to violence.

During my interview, Dr. Owens let me know that the U.S. Census Bureau stopped collecting data on income, and referred me to the American Community survey. Furthermore, she gave me feedback on my index for gentrification, and made the suggestion to exclude race and ethnicity since affluent racial minorities can contribute to gentrification. By specifying the factors investigating and listing my assumptions, I give the a general idea of why I think that these factors are important to the operationalization of gentrification, and support my choices with what has been done in past studies. In the discussion section, I reason why this study is significant and how it could lead to subsequent policy changes. By outlining ways in which different audiences can benefit from this study, I show that in addition to extending the existing research, my study has the potential to make societal impacts across various fields. If this proposal were to become a dissertation, this section would be more extensive and would draw upon the results found after collecting all the

Formerly dilapidated homes and buildings are rehabilitated, the city’s tax base is shored up, and jobs and urban development return to follow the trail of money from the new, affluent residents. From another perspective, however, gentrification is an existential threat. If the only effect of gentrification was seeing empty buildings restored to their former glory, there would likely be few complaints about it. For many residents in Manhattan and other neighborhoods gentrification has upended their lives, forcing them to move away from their neighborhoods as rents in and other costs of living soared (Kaysen). The Harlem neighborhood is a case study in gentrification; in the 1970s and 1980s violence and crime were rampant, and the city devoted few resources to policing the area or protecting the residents (Kaysen).

Inequality has been the country’s timeless struggle. Throughout the course of the United States’ history, there have been processes that have given a certain group of people the upper hand in a circumstance, thus fueling inequality in our nation. An ongoing process that negatively effects the lower-class and benefits the upper-class is called gentrification. Gentrification has been defined as “the replacement of the low-income, inner-city working-class residents by middle- or upper-class households, either through the market for existing housing or demolition to make way for new upscale housing construction” (Hammel and Wyly, 1996, p.250). Gentrification is deleterious because it “revitalizes” areas where low income residents reside in, thus causing the displacement and allows affluent residents to flood the given area whilst changing the entire environment from its original state. In my paper, I will be discussing how the process of gentrification begins and what it entails, define longtime residents, and describe the feelings of displacement felt by these residents.

Everyday buildings and shops seem to be coming to a rust and becoming of age. There is a process in which it gives the neighborhood or streets a fresh new sense to the community. In doing this brings in a variety of different people from different customs and making the community more diverse. This process is called gentrification which is urban change, particularly, the transformation of a low income or economically depressed area of a city into a higher-income more economically prosperous. Gentrification is not tied to race and ethnicity but social class. Although it seems like all negatives to the community because they have lost their childhood store or restaurant, there are positives to gentrification. Gentrification is beneficial to our community because of the displacement of not only the buildings but of the people, urban renewal, and property value.

Gentrification has a positive effect on a community in the sense that it ameliorates the local economy. In lower income neighborhoods, the expansion of businesses and creation of jobs is limited by the deficiency of monetary flow. However, as wealthier residents relocate to the area and invest money in the community, businesses develop. Overtime, this trend continues and results in economic development as well as more jobs, which benefits the community. Secondly, the process of gentrification typically results in a lower crime rate. This is because gentrification involves the attainment of vacant properties in order to build new developments. Therefore there will be a decrease in vacant properties which typically attract crime. Additionally, an increase in population results in an increase in local government revenue from taxes which can be spent on law

In the text "Public housing, concentrated poverty, and crime" by Daniel Hartley published on October 6, 2014.This text is categorized as a non-fiction/ news text. This text talks about how in the late 1980's and the early 1990’s public houses in many U.S. cities were associated with high levels of crime.

Since the beginning of the financial crisis over 4 million homes across the United States have been foreclosed on leaving millions of Americans without a place to live (Badkar, 2013). As we have witnessed, there have been many of devastating implications that has resulted from this crisis . This paper will explore one of them by looking at the relationship between foreclosures in urban cities and the impact they have on criminal activity. The event of a foreclosure has the possibility of affecting criminal activity on many different levels not only are the individuals directly involved affected, but the neighborhood where the foreclosured home is located is also affected. Prior to research I hypothesized possible effects foreclosures could have on crime using Jan Bruekner’s crime model. Firstly, the individuals who are directly involved are left without a home, this kind of dire situation can lead to individuals resorting to criminal activity as a way to earn income. The presences of unoccupied homes provides criminals with a place to breed and conduct illegal activity away from law enforcement. The unappealing aesthetics that come from boarded up homes discourages individuals in the community to take pride in there neighborhood. This could lead to less involvement and fewer calls to the police even when criminal activity is witnessed.

Baltimore, the largest city in Maryland, is located in the northern portion of the state on the Patapsco River estuary, a division of Chesapeake Bay. The city is self-governing and does not fall within any county. (Baltimore, Md., 2015) The vast majority of this city is poverty stricken, which makes it vulnerable to high crime rates. In the first six months of 2013 Baltimore had reported 117 homicides, with a population of 622, 104, (CITY DATA, 2015) this gives the city a rate of 18.8 per 100,000. It was one of few cities that year to actually see an increase in homicides; it was stated by Their City Police Commissioner that more than half of their homicides were related to drugs. Even though, the amount of violent crimes dwindled in 2013,

Gentrification has been a controversial issue both in urban planning and politics primarily due to the displacement of poor people by the rich folks (Shaw & Hagemans, 2015). Many individuals have viewed gentrification as an illegal act that should be avoided at all costs. On the other hand, another group of people believe that gentrification is the way forward to promoting growth and development. With such contrasting ideas, this paper is going to take a look at gentrification from a positive and negative perspective, its effects, and how it can be prevented or contained. Apart from this, the paper will also address the following questions.

In this paper I will discuss and explain anatomy of a crime decline in New York City as well as if in these days can we say that the city is safe. Purpose of this book " The City That Become Safe " written by Franklin E. Zimring is to show us how crime rate changed during 1990 to 2009. According to author this book presents a detailed profile of New York City crime over 20 years period. Book provides the vital statistics of the crime drop by type of crime, by borough, and by year. There are two reasons that such exhaustive detail is required as a beginning to the study. First, the size and the length of the drop are without precedent in the recorded history of American urban crime. The second reason that the details of the crime decline are needed is as a road map for explaining what changes in the city and its government might have caused this epic decline. The more we know about the specific character of the decline- when it happened, where it happened, which offenses- the better our capacity for sorting through different theories of what caused the drop. In addition, shifts the focus from the two decades of the decline to an assessment of current conditions in the city. How safe is New York City?.

Research questions. There is little doubt that unsafe, abandoned structures and vacant lots trigger expenditures by municipalities, either directly or indirectly, and result in lost revenue. However, less certainty exists about the relationship between crime rates and the conditions of neighborhoods as expressed by abandoned buildings and vacant lots. The research questions are: (1) Do abandoned properties actually attract criminals and contribute to social