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Pinchak et al. offer suggestive evidence of crime deterrent benefits of local street monitoring and dog presence and call attention to the contribution of pets to other facets of neighborhood social organization. Image credit: Marta Reinartz.

Study: Higher Neighborhood-Level Concentration of Households with Dogs Means Less Crime

Jul 5, 2022 by News Staff

In a study published in the journal Social Forces, scientists from the Ohio State University and the University of Texas at Austin found that neighborhoods...