The Strength of Association: Population Density and Social Deviance

Authors

• University of Justice Center

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Description

This issue of Anchorage Community Indicators provides a brief examination of the relationship between population density and social deviance in the Municipality of Anchorage. A commonly held belief is that social density is positively correlated with social deviance, despite only sparse scientific evidence in support of this theory. A previous issue of Anchorage Community Indicators ("The Strength of Association: Housing Density and Delinquency," ACI 3a(1) (Jul 2004)) found no evidence of a relationship between housing density and deviance. The current issue builds on these previously reported findings by introducing a second measure of social density: population density, once again finding no evidence that social density of Anchorage neighborhoods is associated with community-level rates of social deviance.

Publication Date

2-13-2005

Keywords

Anchorage, AK, community indicators, maps, police calls for service, police calls for service, social deviance, spatial analysis

Recommended Citation

Justice Center, University of, "The Strength of Association: Population Density and Social Deviance" (2005). Series 3: Neighborhood Characteristics & Police Calls for Service (2004-2005). 2.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_neighborhood_chars_series3/2