Examining the Association Between Massage Parlors and Neighborhood Crime. (October 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Examining the Association Between Massage Parlors and Neighborhood Crime. (October 2019)
- Main Title:
- Examining the Association Between Massage Parlors and Neighborhood Crime
- Authors:
- Huff, Jessica
Wallace, Danielle
Riggs, Courtney
Katz, Charles M.
Choate, David - Abstract:
- Although massage parlors have been associated with illicit activities including prostitution, less is known about their association with neighborhood crime. Employing the Computer Automated Dispatch/Record Management System (CAD/RMS), online user review, licensing, Census, and zoning data, we examine the impact of massage parlors on crime in their surrounding neighborhoods. Using spatial autoregressive models, our results indicate the total number of massage parlors was associated with increased social disorder. The presence of illicit massage parlors in adjacent neighborhoods was associated with crime and physical disorder in the focal neighborhoods. This study has consequences for how police address crime associated with massage parlors. Specifically, the use of online user review forums could be an effective way to identify illicit massage parlors. Recommendations for policing and code enforcement are discussed.
- Is Part Of:
- Crime and delinquency. Volume 65:Number 11(2019)
- Journal:
- Crime and delinquency
- Issue:
- Volume 65:Number 11(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 65, Issue 11 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 65
- Issue:
- 11
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0065-0011-0000
- Page Start:
- 1537
- Page End:
- 1569
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10
- Subjects:
- massage parlors -- neighborhood crime -- prostitution -- online forums -- policing
Crime -- United States -- Periodicals
Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Periodicals
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http://www.umi.com/proquest ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0011128718787154 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0011-1287
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