ABSTRACT

A substantial body of research has found crime was lower in areas characterized by a stronger community, but research on the importance of community for post-disaster levels of crime suggests a more nuanced relationship. While much of the research on disasters and crime emphasized the importance of collective resources, few studies explicitly assessed the importance of collective resources for crime during the recovery period. Further, recent research suggests crime-specific trends are differentially influenced by disasters. The current study contributes to research on the importance of community for post-disaster crime by examining the association of several forms of collective resources with six Part-1 crimes in New Orleans before, shortly after, and five years following Hurricane Katrina. Our results suggest the relationship of the community with crime is more nuanced than is often tested. We also found the association of neighborhood crime with forms of collective resources varied by crime type and temporally in ways that support some, but not other, existing theories on crime and disasters.

摘要

大量研究发现，在社区更强大的地区，犯罪率较低，但有关社区对灾后犯罪重要性的研究表明，这种关系更为细微。尽管有关灾难和犯罪的许多研究都强调了集体资源的重要性，但很少有研究明确评估了恢复期集体资源对犯罪的重要性。此外，最近的研究表明，特定犯罪趋势受灾难的影响不同。当前的研究通过检查卡特里娜飓风之前，之后和之后的五年，以及新奥尔良的几种集体资源与六种第一类犯罪的关联，为社区对灾后犯罪的重要性做出了贡献。我们的结果表明，社区与犯罪之间的关系比经常检验的更为细微。我们还发现，邻里犯罪与集体资源的形式之间的关联因犯罪类型而有所不同，并且在时间上以支持某些（但没有其他）现有的犯罪和灾​​难理论的方式支持。