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Autor/inn/en | Ludwig, Jens; Duncan, Greg J.; Hirschfield, Paul |
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Institution | Joint Center for Poverty Research, IL. |
Titel | Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment. JCPR Working Paper. |
Quelle | (2000), (53 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Adolescents; Blacks; Child Safety; Crime Prevention; Delinquency; Ghettos; Housing Needs; Low Income Groups; Poverty; Relocation; Urban Areas; Violence; Maryland (Baltimore) |
Abstract | This paper uses data from a randomized housing-mobility experiment to study the effects on juvenile crime of relocating families from high- to low-poverty neighborhoods. Since 1994, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment has assigned families from high-poverty Baltimore neighborhoods into three different groups. Experimental group families receive housing subsidies, counseling, and search assistance to move to private market housing in low-poverty census tracts. Section 8-only group families receive private market housing subsidies with no program constraints on relocation choices. A control group receives no special assistance under MTO. Outcome measures come from juvenile arrest records taken from the Maryland Department of Justice. Analysis of MTO data suggests large reductions (30-50 percent) in arrests for violent crimes among experimental and Section 8-only teens relative to controls. This paper describes the MTO experiment in detail, offers a conceptual framework, examines study data, presents key results, and discusses implications of the findings. (Contains 46 references.) (SM) |
Anmerkungen | University of Chicago, Joint Center for Poverty Research (JCPR), 1155 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 773-702-0472; Fax: 773-702-0926; Web site: http://www.jcpr.org. For full text: http://www.jcpr.org/ wp/WPprofile.cfm?ID=162. |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |