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Last Updated: Jul 21, 2011 - 12:58:55 PM

Do Foreclosures Lead to Increased Violent Crime?


By U.S. Department of Justice, COPS, Deborah Spence


Dec 10, 2008 - 10:25:30 PM


 

 

 

Do Foreclosures Lead to Increased Violent Crime?
A Look at the Research Behind the Headlines

Scan the news headlines and you are sure to see a story about the state of the nation’s housing market. Many of these stories focus on the economic impact both to forelcosure rate crimeindividuals and to the national economy. A number of stories also examine some of the other implications of high foreclosure numbers on our communities, including the potential effect on crime rates. A sobering fact repeated in many of these stories is that an increase in the foreclosure rate in a neighborhood can lead to an increase in the rate of violent crime. Typical is this statement reported in the Houston Chronicle this June,  Reae More,  Foreclosure and Increased Crime Rate

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