Natural Disasters and Social Order: Modeling Crime Outcomes in Florida Academic Article

abstract

• This study analyzes the spatial distribution of crime outcomes at the county scale in Florida as a function of natural disasters. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and conditional fixed effects negative binomial statistical techniques are used. Four crime outcomes are analyzed: index crimes, property crimes, violent crimes, and domestic violence crimes. Adjusting for socio-demographic and social order variables, we find that natural disasters significantly decrease levels of reported index, property, and violent crimes, but significantly increase the expected count of reported domestic violence crimes.

authors

• Brody, Samuel

published proceedings

• Mass emergencies and disasters

author list (cited authors)

• Zahran, S., Shelley, T. O., Peek, L., & Brody, S. D.

citation count

• 36

publication date

• March 2009

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

keywords

• 16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions
• 44 Human Society
• 4402 Criminology
• Behavioral And Social Science
• Mental Health
• Violence Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/028072700902700102

start page

• 26

end page

• 52

volume

• 27

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/028072700902700102