The Impact of Privatized Management in Urban Public Housing Communities
A Comparative Analysis of Perceived Crime, Neighborhood Problems, and Personal Safety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11344658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stan L Bowie (Western Michigan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096 |
| Publisher | WMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15453/0191-5096.2766 |
| OpenAlex | W1481253902 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
A quasi-experimental design with non-equivalent groups assessed the impact of privatized management on crime and personal safety in large public housing communities in Miami, Florida. A randomly-selected sample (N = 503) of low-income African Americans living in 42 different housing "projects" were surveyed. Privatized sites had greater mean values for break-ins and thefts (m = 2.03, S.D. = 1.47, p<.01) and vacant apartment usage. Publicly-managed sites had higher mean values for shootings and violence (m = 2.52, S.D. = 1.67, p<.01). While there were no statistically significant differences in perceived personal safety, publicly-managed respondents expressed greater satisfaction with police services. Privatized management did not result in significantly more positive outcomes and social services utilization was associated with less violent crime. Implications are discussed for public housing crime, federal housing policy, and future research
Apartment · Business · Criminology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Miami · Political science · Public housing · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing Market and Economics · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Social Welfare History
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The Privatization of Housing in a Declining Economy
Strategies for Crime Reduction in Public Housing
The Welfare State Adrift
Patterns of Crime in a University Housing Project
Crack Cocaine Dealing by Adolescents in Two Public Housing Projects
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |