Section 8 Households and the Relationship to Property Crime in Charlotte, NC

Description:

This study was designed to assess the relationship between neighborhood crime characteristics and the distribution of Section 8 households in the City of Charlotte. Rather than attempt to examine all criminal activity, the study is focused on property offenses. The choice of property crime is based upon public commentary and discourse linking declining property values and visual decline to Section 8 properties, and the connection of these externalities to property crime. Similarly, earlier research found the strongest patterns of linkage in the category of criminal activity. The term property crime is interpreted to mean burglary, larceny, vandalism, and trespass.