Dangerous City: Territorial Stigmatization, Crime, and Public Safety Political Discourse on Cities
Published online on August 07, 2025
Abstract
Urban Affairs Review, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 751-788, May 2026.
This article examines crime rhetoric in and about the nation's three biggest cities, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. The pandemic's aftermath caused a brief increase in urban crime, but crime levels mostly returned to normal by 2023/2024. In this ...
This article examines crime rhetoric in and about the nation's three biggest cities, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. The pandemic's aftermath caused a brief increase in urban crime, but crime levels mostly returned to normal by 2023/2024. In this ...