Do Larger Cities Experience Lower Crime Rates? A Scaling Analysis of 758 Cities in the U.S.

Do larger cities still suffer from higher crime rates? The scaling relationship between the number of crimes and the population size for the maximum of 758 cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants in the United States from 1999 to 2014 was analyzed. For the total group of cities, the relationship is...

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Main Authors: Yu Sang Chang, Hann Earl Kim, Seongmin Jeon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/11/3111