Gangs and Knife Crime in London

Tom Kirchmaier; Steve Machin; Carmen Villa-Llera

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3521766

Gangs and Knife Crime in London

Tom Kirchmaier
, Steve Machin
, Carmen Villa-Llera

Institut for Regnskab

London School of Economics and Political Science
University of Warwick

Publikation: Working paper › Forskning

Abstract

We describe the socio-economic characteristics of street-gang areas in London, explore gang formation dynamics, and analyse the spatial correlation between gangs and violent crime. Gang areas form in areas with higher unemployment, lower education, and a higher proportion of lone-parent families. Social housing is one of the key predictors of gang areas. Areas that are gang territories have higher levels of crime in various crime categories. Both having a gang in an area and proximity to a gang correlate positively with violent crime. We estimate the short-term effect of disrupting a gang within a borough as decreasing knife crime on ward level by about 15%.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsessted	London
Udgiver	Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics and Political Science
Antal sider	27
DOI	https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3521766
Status	Udgivet - jan. 2020

Navn	CEP Discussion Paper

Bibliografisk note

An earlier version of this research project was distributed under the title “Murders in London” in July 2018.

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Emneord

Crime
Policing
Gangs
Knife
Homicide

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