Mapping Violence: A Spatial Durbin Analysis of Social Disorganization and Land Use in Houston
Published online on November 21, 2025
Abstract
Crime & Delinquency, Ahead of Print.
This study examines how social disorganization and land use shape violent crime within and across neighborhoods in Houston, Texas. Using incident-level NIBRS data aggregated to 710 census tracts (2020–2022), we apply a Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) to assess ...
This study examines how social disorganization and land use shape violent crime within and across neighborhoods in Houston, Texas. Using incident-level NIBRS data aggregated to 710 census tracts (2020–2022), we apply a Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) to assess ...