Eviction is concentrated in poor communities of color, and studies indicate eviction may affect social processes. Community and crime literature demonstrates that structural factors, such as socio-economic status and racial composition, are linked with crime and that social processes protect neighborhoods from crime. Therefore, eviction is likely concentrated in neighborhoods vulnerable to crime, but the connection between eviction and neighborhood violent crime has not yet been examined. Using data from Princeton University’s Eviction Lab National Database, the National Neighborhood Crime Study 2, and the Boston Neighborhood Survey, this Boston-based study is a first step in filling this knowledge gap. Findings indicate that eviction is positively associated with crime and partially explains why crime is concentrated in disadvantaged communities of color.

迁离集中在贫穷的有色人种中，研究表明迁离可能会影响社会进程。社区和犯罪文献表明，社会经济地位和种族构成等结构性因素与犯罪有关，社会进程保护社区免受犯罪侵害。因此，迁离很可能集中在容易犯罪的社区，但是迁离与邻里暴力犯罪之间的联系尚未得到检验。利用普林斯顿大学驱逐实验室国家数据库，国家邻里犯罪研究2和波士顿邻里调查的数据，这项基于波士顿的研究是填补这一知识空白的第一步。