scholarly journals Sprawl, Blight and the Role of Urban Containment Policies: Evidence from US Cities

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Hortas-Rico
Keyword(s):  
Urban Containment ◽  
Us Cities

Citizens, community, and crime control: The problems and prospects for negotiated order

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J Carr
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Future Role ◽  
Negotiated Order ◽  
Social Controls ◽  
Us Cities

How do communities control crime, and what does this tell us about the problem of negotiating order at the local level? This article will draw on empirical research in two US cities to illustrate how social controls at the local level are negotiated between citizens and law enforcement, and how different structures of this arrangement arise because of contrasting contexts and different institutional imperatives. The article will showcase the evolving role of the citizen as a partner in negotiated order and will speculate as to the future role of community members in the co-production of safety.

Policing nonfatal strangulation within the context of intimate partner violence

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alondra D. Garza ◽  
Amanda Goodson ◽  
Cortney A. Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Police Agency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Difficulty Breathing ◽  
Us Cities ◽  
Case Characteristics

PurposeThe current study examined police response, specifically identification and arrest decisions, to nonfatal strangulation occurring within the context of intimate partner violence.Design/methodology/approachData for the present study were derived from a sample of 117 possible nonfatal strangulation case reported to a police agency located in one of the fifth largest and most diverse US cities. A series of logistic regression models were employed to examine the role of victim, suspect and case characteristics on officer formal identification of strangulation and officer arrest decisions.FindingsResults revealed that 14% of all intimate partner violence (IPV) cases reported to the police agency involved possible nonfatal strangulation and less than half of all possible nonfatal strangulation cases were formally identified as such by officers. The odds of formal identification of strangulation by police increased when strangulation was manual and when victims reported difficulty breathing. Injury and formal identification increased the odds of arrest.Originality/valueThis study is the first to examine predictors of police formal identification and arrest decisions in nonfatal strangulation occurring within intimate partner violence incidents.

TYPE VERSUS STEREOTYPE: AN ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF US CITIES AND PUBLIC SPACES

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Dorna Eshrati
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
International Students ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
City Branding ◽  
The Us ◽  
International College ◽  
Us Cities

In their minds, people have images of places they have never visited. In the twenty-first century, the constant exposure to media has had a great role in shaping people’s perception of foreign places. Despite the revealing aspect of media, they also play an important role in creating misconceptions about other countries. This paper explores international college students’ perceptions of United States cities and public spaces before and after coming to study in the US. It also investigates the role of media and representations in shaping their conceptions or misconceptions of the US. Forty-one Kansas State University international students from different countries participated in an online survey about their perceptions of US building types, infrastructure, and governance/policy regarding the built environment. About 58% of the participants claim that their image of US cities and public spaces changed after studying there; with only 15% claiming that US cities and public built environment are shown “like they are” in their home countries. Small US cities have a poor image in international students’ perceptions in comparison to the rich image of big cities most notably New York City. This paper not only argues that peoples' perceptions of places can change after visiting them in person, but also it highlights the role of media in creating misconceptions about foreign places. The findings can highlight the importance of media in managing city branding.

Consumer Cities, Scenes, and Ethnic Restaurants

2019 ◽  
pp. 519-539
Author(s):  
Daniel Silver ◽  
Terry Nichols Clark
Keyword(s):  
Past Work ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Us Cities ◽  
Ethnic Neighborhoods

This chapter builds on past work to examine the distinctive ways in which ethnic restaurants help to define the contemporary scenescape in US cities. It uses the example of restaurants to illustrate how to apply and extend a scenes approach. Restaurants in general and ethnically themed restaurants are crucial components of many cities and communities’ consumer offerings. They often make the scene. After briefly reviewing some general principles of the scenes perspective, the authors discuss ethnic neighborhoods and the role of consumption venues such as restaurants in defining their identity. The authors stress multiple ways that ethnically themed amenities and local populations may overlap in various contexts, as well as how they can join with other dimensions of local scenes. These ideas are illustrated by examining multiple types of ethnic restaurants across all US zip codes, paying particular attention to the degree to which they correspond with coethnic residential populations, and how this varies by group and city. The authors also investigate the types of scenes typical of cosmopolitan areas that offer diverse ethnic cuisines.

Data sharing in small and medium US cities: The role of community characteristics

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 922-940
Author(s):  
Federica Fusi ◽  
Mary K. Feeney
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Community Characteristics ◽  
Us Cities

ORIGIN OF THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Vasily Filippov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chicago School ◽  
Art Nouveau ◽  
Us Cities

The consequences of the fires of 1866-1872 for the architecture of three US cities and the first two years of Chicago’s recovery after the fire of 1871 with a further break until the end of the decade are described. The role of this break in the development of Jenney’s creativity, which led to the emergence of the Chicago School, and the work of James McLaughlin, which did not develop in Cincinnati, are shown. The role of Peter Wight in promoting the ideas of Viollet-le-Duc, which became the basis of the movement, and his influence on the leaders of Burnham and Root, are noted. It describes the partnership between Adler and Sullivan, their works that foreshadowed Art Nouveau, the contacts of Burnham and Root with the Brooks brothers’ developers, which influenced the development and then the existence of the Chicago School.

Water equity, COVID-19 and the role of US cities and states

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (0) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mildred E. Warner ◽  
Marcela González Rivas ◽  
Xue Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Us Cities
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