大城市地区公立学校的种族隔离与青少年暴力犯罪逮捕情况

Public school segregation and juvenile violent crime arrests in metropolitan areas.

作者信息

Eitle David, Eitle Tamela McNulty

机构信息

Montana State University.

出版信息

Sociol Q. 2010;51(3):436-59. doi: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2010.01181.x.

DOI:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2010.01181.x

PMID:20607910

Abstract

Previous research has established an association between residential segregation and violent crime in urban America. Our study examines whether school-based segregation is predictive of arrests of juveniles for violent crimes in U.S. metro areas. Using Census, Uniform Crime Report, and Common Core data for 204 metro areas, a measure of school-based racial segregation, Theil's entropy index, is decomposed into two components: between- and within-district segregation. Findings reveal evidence of a significant interaction term: Within-district segregation is inversely associated with arrests for juvenile violence, but only in metropolitan areas with higher than average levels of between-district segregation.

摘要

先前的研究已证实美国城市中居住隔离与暴力犯罪之间存在关联。我们的研究考察了基于学校的隔离是否能预测美国大都市地区青少年因暴力犯罪而被捕的情况。利用204个大都市地区的人口普查、统一犯罪报告和共同核心数据，一种基于学校的种族隔离衡量指标——泰尔熵指数，被分解为两个部分：学区间隔离和学区内隔离。研究结果显示了一个显著交互项的证据：学区内隔离与青少年暴力犯罪被捕呈负相关，但仅在学区间隔离水平高于平均水平的大都市地区如此。