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Environmental factors in crime
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Environmental factors in crime
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assessing outdoor air pollution concentrations and weather variables
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Mapou
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Ashley
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1987-
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Ashley Mapou
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Shendell
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Derek
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Derek Shendell
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chair
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Meng
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Qingyu
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Qingyu Meng
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internal member
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Ohman- Strickland
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Pamela
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Pamela Ohman- Strickland
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Madrigano
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Jaime
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Jaime Madrigano
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outside member
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Miller
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Joel
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Joel Miller
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2016-01
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2016
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eng
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Though physiological effects of exposure to lead on cognitive function and crime have been discussed in the current literature, no studies to date have examined other air pollutants and climate/weather variables to assess multiple environmental factors and their potential impact on reported crime. Methods: Data were collected through open public records provided by study location municipalities to assess the impact of environmental factors on daily crime rates in Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and Seattle. Poisson regression analyses were performed to investigate associations between carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter (PM), ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and climate/weather compared to several crime types. Results: Increases in PM2.5 concentrations were associated with increases in assault, damage and theft crimes while increases in apparent temperature were associated with increases in assault, burglary, robbery and theft crimes. Pollutants known to cause irritation, like PM10 and O3, were associated with decreases in crime rates. Conclusion: Environmental factors are associated with observable crime rate variability. Additional studies are needed to further understand the relationships between environmental factors and crime in order to reduce the adverse effects.
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Public Health
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1 online resource (xvii, 260 p. : ill.)
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Crime--Environmental aspects
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Air--Pollution
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by Ashley Mapou
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T36Q2090
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Mapou
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Ashley
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2016-01-04 12:14:45
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Ashley Mapou
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2016-01-31
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2017-01-30
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after January 30th, 2017.
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