Crime in College Park: understanding crime levels, perceptions, and environmental design in an off-campus student-occupied neighborhood

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dc.contributor.advisorWellford, Charles
dc.contributor.authorAlvarado, Camila
dc.contributor.authorBurton, Cal
dc.contributor.authorChen, Vivey
dc.contributor.authorCutler, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorDebenedetti, Luciana
dc.contributor.authorDerkacheva, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorvon Numers, Stephanie
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-11T18:35:01Z
dc.date.available2011-05-11T18:35:01Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionGemstone Team Crime Prevention and Perceptionen_US
dc.description.abstractDespite recently decreasing crime rates in College Park, fear of crime remains high. Additionally, while the crime rate on the University of Maryland campus is relatively low compared to the national average, crime in off-campus areas continues to be a problem. Crime mapping using spatial analysis techniques allowed the researchers to identify Old Town College Park as a student-occupied, off-campus residential area with a relatively high rate of larcenies, burglaries, and robberies. Through a longitudinal case study, quantitative and qualitative data about crime and students' perceptions of crime in the target were collected. These data were used to identify trends in how the rate of crime and perception changed in response to the implementation of CCTV cameras in Old Town. These data were also used to identify the correlation between crime level and the existing environmental design of the neighborhood's housing properties.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11391
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGemstone Program, University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectcrimeen_US
dc.subjectattitudesen_US
dc.subjectfearen_US
dc.subjectoff-campus housingen_US
dc.subjectcamerasen_US
dc.subjectclosed-circuit televisionen_US
dc.subjectGemstone Team Crime Prevention and Perceptionen_US
dc.titleCrime in College Park: understanding crime levels, perceptions, and environmental design in an off-campus student-occupied neighborhooden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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