Whitworth, A (2013) Local inequality and crime: exploring how variation in the scale of the inequality measures affects relationships betweeen inequality and crime. Urban Studies, 50 (4). pp. 725-741. ISSN 0042-0980
Abstract
There is considerable interest in the role of inequality in affecting social outcomes yet there is also uncertainty and disagreement about the appropriate scale at which to measure inequality within such analyses. Whilst some have argued for larger-area inequality measures to be used there are good theoretical, empirical and intuitive grounds to think that local inequality may have relevance as a driver of social ills. This paper explores whether differing understandings of ‘local’ inequality does—or can—matter and, if so, within which contexts this is the case. Contrasting findings across the two areas support the notion that local inequality does have relevance to social outcomes but that the socio-spatial context matters.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Urban Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2014 16:44 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 02:12 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098012455716 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0042098012455716 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:77439 |