City-funded housing repairs in low-income neighborhoods associated with drop in crime

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) In Philadelphia, when a home received repairs through a city-funded program, total crime dropped by 21.9% on that block, and as the number of repaired houses on a block increased, instances of crime fell even further, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published today in JAMA Network Open.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news