2021 ASC

Division of Communities and Place – Panel List

Data-Informed Community Engagement | Wed, Nov 17, 5:00 to 6:20pm, Salon 12, 3rd Floor 

Abstract/Description: This panel seeks to explore data-informed community engagement options. To address public safety issues is a common goal shared by multiple community stakeholders across constituencies. Today’s community policing models tend to rely excessively on law enforcement agencies while missing the opportunity to engage community-based organizations operating in these communities. This process requires access to problem-solving techniques that can assist community organizations and other local stakeholders in coordinating their efforts in ways that promote public safety.

Individual Presentations:

Data-informed community engagement — Lori Scott-Pickens, Newark Public Safety Collaborative, Rutgers University – Newark; Adriana Santos, Newark Public Safety Collaborative, Rutgers University – Newark; Alejandro Gimenez-Santana, Newark Public Safety Collaborative, Rutgers University – Newark

Addressing Social Disorder and Promoting Coproduction: The Newark Public Safety Collaborative — Leslie W. Kennedy, Newark Public Safety Collaborative, Rutgers University – Newark; Alejandro Gimenez-Santana, Newark Public Safety Collaborative, Rutgers University – Newark; Joel M. Caplan, Newark Public Safety Collaborative, Rutgers University – Newark

>> Division of Communities and Place General Membership Meeting | Thu, Nov 18, 11:00am to 12:20pm, Monroe Room, 6th Floor

Communities and Place: Crime Places and Place Managers | Thu, Nov 18, 2:00 to 3:20pm, Wilson Room, 3rd Floor

Abstract/Description: This panel focuses on several different types of crime places and the activities of place managers in and around these sites. Papers in the panel focus specifically on the role of massage venues, pot hot spots, bars, land use, and involvement of place managers in shaping crime and crime control.

Individual Presentations:

Whose “Eyes on the Street” Control Crime? Expanding Place Management into Neighborhoods — Shannon J. Linning, Simon Fraser University; John E. Eck, University of Cincinnati

What do we know about Hot Pot Spots?: Does Who Owns Matter? — SooHyun O, Tarleton State University; YongJei Lee, University of Colorado – Colorado Springs; John E. Eck, University of Cincinnati

Why your bar has crime but not mine: Resolving the Land Use and Crime – Risky Facility Conflict — YongJei Lee, University of Colorado – Colorado Springs; SooHyun O, Tarleton State University; John E. Eck, University of Cincinnati

Communities and Place: Social Control, Crime Perceptions, and Community Organization | Thu, Nov 18, 3:30 to 4:50pm, Salon 1, 3rd Floor

 Abstract/Description: This panel focuses on several key issues related to social control, crime perceptions, and community organization. Papers in the panel explore perceptions of disorder and relationships between social ties, collective efficacy, and social control. Panelists also examine the influence of neighborhood social control and disorganization on gun violence and relationships between crime perceptions and crime reporting across communities.

 Individual Presentations:

What is inside of the “black box” of the Broken Windows? Is it disorder or implicit biases? — Sue-Ming Yang, George Mason University; I-Ching Jen, George Mason University

Social Ties, Collective Efficacy, and Community Engagement — Yi-Fang Lu, George Mason University; I-Ching Jen, George Mason University; Sue-Ming Yang, George Mason University

Community Correlates of Change: A Mixed-Effects Assessment of Shooting Dynamics During COVID-19 — Nicole J. Johnson, Temple University; Caterina Roman, Temple University

Engaging with the Public in Communities, Place, and Crime Research | Special Panel – (Organized by the Division of Communities, Place, and Crime) | Fri, Nov 19, 9:30 to 10:50am, Chicago Room, 5th Floor

Abstract/Description: This discussion panel will feature influential voices from communities and place research discussing their thoughts, experiences, and advice on engaging with the public. Topics will include developing and managing relationships with agencies and community stakeholders, building trust with community members, disseminating our work to the public and policy makers, and correcting public misconceptions and myths about communities, place, and crime. Panelists will discuss specific ways in which we can translate research on neighborhoods, place, and crime to produce on-the-ground benefits for communities and community members. Scholars featured in this panel have spearheaded community partnerships, initiated community-based prevention and intervention programming, used place-based research collaboratively with law enforcement to inform policing strategies, and worked on highly politicized topics, such as immigration and crime.

 Chair: Cory P. Haberman, University of Cincinnati

Speakers: John E. Eck, University of Cincinnati | Charis E. Kubrin, University of California, Irvine |Jerry Ratcliffe, Temple University | Jeff Walker, University of Alabama at Birmingham

The Macro and Micro Determinants of Accidental Overdose Deaths | Fri, Nov 19, 9:30 to 10:50am, Crystal Room, 3rd Floor

Abstract/Description: In the early decades of the 21st century, the United States found itself in an epidemic of drug overdose deaths claiming more than 700,000 lives. In response to this crisis, research exploring patterns and predictors of overdose deaths has expanded rapidly. There is a paucity of research, however, on the macro-level determinants of death contributing to drug overdoses in the community. The presentations on this panel examine macro-level sources of drug overdose death rates from 1999-2016, the ecology of overdose mortality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the influence of drug trafficking gangs on overdose deaths—also situated in Philadelphia—and the degree to which Good Samaritan laws with protections are associated with overdose incidents from 2013 to 2018.

Individual Presentations:

The Community Determinants of Death: Assessing the Macro-Level Sources of Drug Overdose Death Rates, 1999-2016 — Ben Feldmeyer, University of Cincinnati; Francis Cullen, University of Cincinnati; Diana Sun, University of Cincinnati; Teresa C. Kulig, University of Nebraska Omaha; Cecilia Chouhy, Florida State University

The Ecology of Overdose Mortality in Philadelphia — Lallen T. Johnson, American University; Tayler Shreve, American University

The Influence of Drug Trafficking Gangs on Overdose Deaths in the Largest Narcotics Market in the Eastern United States — Caterina Roman, Temple University; Nicole J. Johnson, Temple University; Alyssa Mendlein, Temple University; Courtney Harding, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General; Melissa Francis, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General; Laura A. Hendrick, Drug Enforcement Administration

Good Samaritan Laws and Overdose Mortality in the United States in the Fentanyl Era — Leah Hamilton, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute; Corey S. Davis, Network for Public Health Law; Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, University of California, Davis; William Ponicki, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; Magdalena Cerda, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Chair : Caterina Roman, Temple University |  Discussant: Steven Belenko, Temple University

Communities and Place: Crime Places, Hot Spots, Crime Control and Detection | Fri, Nov 19, 9:30 to 10:50am, Salon 1, 3rd Floor

Abstract/Description: This panel focuses on crime places, hot spots, and elements related to crime control and detection. Papers in the panel examine the influence of parks and crime generators, as well as drug and violent hot spots. Papers examine how perceptions of social control and control behaviors vary across street segments, and panelists examine the temporal and spatial patterns of vehicle fires and crime classifications.

Individual Presentations:

Perception vs. Action: Understanding the Link between Perceived Cohesion, Expectations of Control, and Control Behaviors across Streets — Lauren Porter, University of Maryland; Clair White, University of Wyoming; David Weisburd, George Mason University

Are risk and protective factors similar for violent and drug crimes at microgeographic places?: A study of crime hot spots in Baltimore — Clair White, University of Wyoming; David Weisburd, George Mason University; Kiseong Kuen, George Mason University

Impacts of Street Characteristics on Resident’s Fear of Crime — Kiseong Kuen, George Mason University; David Weisburd, George Mason University; Clair White, University of Wyoming  

Fighting fire with fire: Enhancing detection of vehicle arson events — Kathryn Wuschke, Portland State University;Joseph Clare, University of Western Australia

Communities and Place: Risky Places for Crime | Fri, Nov 19, 2:00 to 3:20pm, Wilson Room, 3rd Floor

 Abstract/Description: This panel examines risky places for crime. Papers in the panel focus specifically on alcohol-serving businesses, paths, and libraries and their relationships with local crime patterns.

Individual Presentations:

Alcohol-serving businesses as risky places — Ned Levine, Ned Levine and Associates, USA

Paths as risky places — Douglas Wiebe, Perelman School of Medicine

Libraries as risky places — Vania Ceccato, Department of Urban Planning and Built Environment

Chair: Vania Ceccato, Department of Urban Planning and Built Environment, KTH, Sweden

Communities and Place: Race, Housing, Spatial Scale, and Crime | Fri, Nov 19, 3:30 to 4:50pm, Salon 1, 3rd Floor

Abstract/Description: This panel focuses on several key issues related to neighborhoods, race, housing, and crime, as well as crime variation across spatial scales. Papers in the panel examine the role of housing demolition on crime and co-offending in Chicago. Panelists also examine the influence of structural disadvantage, inequality, and housing segregation on community patterns of crime and crime control. In addition, panelists examine crime variability across spatial scales.

Individual Presentations: 

Public Housing Demolition, Crime, and Co-offending Networks in Chicago, 1999-2011 — Tina Law, Northwestern University; Ieke de Vries, Leiden University; Andrew V. Papachristos, Northwestern University

Duration-Weighted Exposure to Neighborhood Disadvantage and Race/Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Delinquency — Daniel L. Carlson, University of Utah; Tom L. McNulty, University of Georgia; Paul E. Bellair, The Ohio State University

The Spatial Scale of Segregation, Housing Inequality, and Violent Crime — Seth A. Williams, University of California, Irvine

Crime Variability at Different Spatial Scales: A Multi-City Study — Alex Trinidad, NSCR / University of the Basque Country; Stijn Ruiter, NSCR; Wouter Steenbeek, NSCR