The Association of Gentrification and Stop-and-Frisk Policing in New York City Restricted; Files Only

Abstract

New theories propose that order maintenance policing and gentrification are positively associated, suggesting that policing is utilized as means to prepare or facilitate investment in historically divested communities. Both phenomena, associated with deleterious health effects, disproportionately affect minority and economically marginalized communities. Together, these effects may compound leading to worse health outcomes. The association between policing and gentrification is limited. This study characterizes gentrification in New York City and investigates the association between stop-and-frisk policing through mapping, descriptive statistics, and two-part general linear modelling. Our analysis indicates that gentrification was not influential on the incidence or magnitude of stop-and-frisk policing. Although no significant association was found, our results indicate that both gentrification and racially disproportionate stop-and-frisk policing continue in New York City to 2019.

Table of Contents

Introduction........................................................................................................................... 1

Background............................................................................................................................ 2

Gentrification............................................................................................................. 2

                       Gentrification’s Health Effects......................................................................... 3

                       Gentrification’s Connection to Policing............................................................ 4

Order Maintenance Policing....................................................................................... 5

               Stop-and-Frisk Health Effects........................................................................... 7

Literature Review of Gentrification and Policing........................................................ 9

Methods................................................................................................................................. 12

Study Sample.............................................................................................................. 12

Descriptive Statistics................................................................................................... 12

Independent Variable................................................................................................. 13

Dependent Variable.................................................................................................... 15

Two-Part Model......................................................................................................... 15

Results.................................................................................................................................... 17

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School	Rollins School of Public Health
Department	Environmental Health
Degree	M.P.H.
Submission	Master's Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Sociology, Criminology and Penology Health Sciences, Public Health Urban and Regional Planning
Stichwort	stop-and-frisk New York City Urban Development Policing Gentrification
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Cooper, Hannah, Emory University
Committee Members	Clasen, Thomas, Emory University

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