Neighborhood crime rates differ dramatically between elementary schools students rate as safest and least safe¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1996 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Comparison of 1994 neighborhood crime statistics for the 30 safest-rated and 30 least-safe-rated elementary schools shows enormous variation in local crime incidence. → Sebring 1996

Evidence¶

Sebring 1996¶

Sebring, P. B., Bryk, A. S., Roderick, M., Camburn, E., Luppescu, S., Thum, Y. M., Smith, B., & Kahne, J. (1996). Charting Reform in Chicago: The Students Speak. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/charting-reform-chicago-students-speak

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Observational comparison using 1994 crime statistics for neighborhoods immediately surrounding each elementary school, covering ten crime types from robbery to vice, contrasting the 30 schools students rate safest with the 30 rated least safe.

"The differences between safest and least safe elementary schools are dramatic and show enormous varia- tion in the incidence of crime from one neighborhood to another."

Discussion¶

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