Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
8-2017
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph. D.
Department
Criminal Justice
Degree Program
Criminal Justice, PhD
Committee Chair
Swartz, Kristin
Committee Co-Chair (if applicable)
Adelson, Jill L.
Committee Member
Adelson, Jill L.
Committee Member
Higgins, George E.
Committee Member
Nix, Justin
Author's Keywords
sex offenders; spatial analysis; housing; homebuyer; awareness; multilevel modeling
Abstract
As stigmatized persons, registered sex offenders betoken instability in communities. Depressed home sale values are associated with the presence of registered sex offenders even though the public is largely unaware of the presence of registered sex offenders. Using a spatial multilevel approach, the current study examines the role registered sex offenders influence sale values of homes sold in 2015 for three U.S. counties (rural, suburban, and urban) located in Illinois and Kentucky within the social disorganization framework. Homebuyers were surveyed to examine whether awareness of local registered sex offenders and the homebuyer’s community type operate as moderators between home selling prices and the distance to the nearest registered sex offender. Registered sex offenders were not associated with home sale values after accounting for neighborhood characteristics. Urban homebuyers were most likely to be aware of local registered sex offenders. The homebuyers’ proximity to the nearest registered sex offenders is not related to the awareness of nearby registered sex offenders. Non-urban and urban homebuyers who are aware tend to reside further from registered sex offenders and buy higher priced homes, whereas unaware homebuyers seemingly buy homes without the consideration of nearby registered sex offenders. The importance of neighborhood characteristics in a spatial multilevel framework and the effects of sex offender policies are highlighted.
Recommended Citation
Navarro, John Charles, "A cross-sectional exploration of household financial reactions and homebuyer awareness of registered sex offenders in a rural, suburban, and urban county." (2017). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2768.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/2768
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