Section 8 Housing & Crime: Screwed or Skewed?

Gallagher, Kathleen, Payne, Troy C., Eck, John E., and Frank, James. (Nov 2010). "Section 8 Housing & Crime: Screwed or Skewed?" (poster). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. Research was supported by funding from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (2009-RA-EOR-2221). School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati.

Summary: This poster presentation examines the claim that Section 8 residents in the midwestern city of Feropolis, Ohio are consuming too many police resources. Based on previous research regarding public housing projects and perceptions of public housing and crime, the City of Feropolis has become concerned that the level of police services that are dedicated to residents with housing vouchers is in excess of the average residential tenant.