Title: Land-Use Zoning Shown to Affect Crime Rates in Los Angeles | RAND
Headings: Land-Use Zoning Shown to Affect Crime Rates in Los Angeles
Land-Use Zoning Shown to Affect Crime Rates in Los Angeles
For Release

Content: However, our findings are based on one city and should be replicated by additional studies.” Researchers suggest it would be good to test the study's conclusions with a small-scale experiment in which a limited set of proposed zoning changes could be permitted randomly to see if the benefits of zoning changes reduce crime in neighborhoods. The city blocks examined in the study were drawn from the communities of Boyle Heights, Highland Park, Hollywood, San Pedro, South Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles, West Adams and Westlake. Support for the study was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Public Health Law Research program. Other authors of the study are Ricky Bluthenthal of the University of Southern California and J. Scott Ashwood of RAND. The project was conducted within the RAND Safety and Justice Program, which conducts public policy research on corrections, policing, public safety and occupational safety.