A six-month, $5 million experiment conducted at about 40 New York City public-housing developments found that installing streetlights reduced nighttime serious crime by as much as 59 percent.
The setting sun is reflected off buildings along the lower Manhattan skyline in New York City. By Andrew Van Dam Andrew Van Dam Reporter focusing on economic data Email Bio Follow May 14 at 10:08 PM For years, New York City public housing residents had requested more streetlights. In 2016, they arrived — in the form of portable, diesel-powered flood lights that blast 600,000 lumens into the night sky. For comparison, a bright indoor lamp might put out 1,600 lumens.
The researchers placed an average of seven mobile light towers in each development, affecting an estimated 40,000 residents total. Even when they considered a larger two-block radius around each development, in case criminals shifted their activity to avoid the lights, they found a reduction of at least 36 percent.Almost three-quarters of the crimes economists measured were felony assaults and robberies.
“Researchers have been the studying the effects of street lighting on crime for decades, but this is the first time that there has been a randomized experiment that provides policymakers with the type of high-quality evidence that is required to make informed choices,” Chalfin said. Caught in the headlights The economists write that street lighting outages were the third most common complaint fielded by the city’s 311 operators between 2010 and 2016. Some saw that as an indication that residents, particularly those in public housing, knew they needed improved residential lighting long before the city’s massive experiment.
“If there was a dearth of street lighting on the Upper West Side, would the mayor’s office have dreamed up a response in consult with the NYPD and invited outside researchers to do a randomized controlled trial?” Under cover of darkness Perhaps the best demonstration of light’s effect on crime to date was a 2015 analysis in Review of Economics and Statistics by Texas A&M’s Jennifer Doleac and Nicholas Sanders of Cornell University. The economists found when daylight saving time effectively shifted light from morning to evening, daily robberies fell by 7 percent. The effect was strongest during the evening hours that were suddenly light when they had been dark just days earlier.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
AB InBev files for Hong Kong IPO of Asia business to raise $5 billionThe world's biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, filed plans on Friday to ...
Weiterlesen »
Brazil's Vale swings to loss as dam burst charges near $5 blnBrazil's Vale SA set aside $4.95 billion to pay for costs from the collapse...
Weiterlesen »
This handy $5 item may change how you slice onions forever10 handy items — all $5 or less — every cook may want in their kitchen
Weiterlesen »
Breakingviews - Three reasons a wonder drug can cost $5 mln(Reuters Breakingviews) - Novartis's gene therapy for spinal muscular atrop...
Weiterlesen »
Three reasons a wonder drug can cost $5 mlnNovartis’s gene therapy for a deadly disease looks likely to set a record. There are justifiable factors, like the value it delivers and drugmakers’ high development costs. Then there are less palatable ones, including an inefficient U.S. market with a tolerance for high prices.
Weiterlesen »
WestJet, Canada's second-largest airline, will be taken privateWestJet, Canada's second largest airline, has agreed to be purchased by Canadian private equity firm Onex in a $5 billion deal.
Weiterlesen »
This Silicon Valley founder went from being 'really broke' to starting a VC fund that's invested $5 million in 100 companiesThis Silicon Valley founder went from being 'really broke' to starting a VC fund that's invested $5 million in 100 companies Backstage_Cap ArlanWasHere
Weiterlesen »
The majority of billionaires in the world are self-madeSelf-made billionaires have a total of nearly $5 trillion, according to the Billionaire Census for 2019, the annual report on the world's billionaire population published by market research firm Wealth-X.
Weiterlesen »
'Avengers: Endgame' Is Now Almost Certain To Top 'Avatar' (Box Office)After a whopping $34 million overseas on Monday, even with a mere $5 million in China, I'm pretty comfortable calling it.
Weiterlesen »
A small gift tucked into a book sets off a chain of random acts of kindnessAshley Jost bought a book and found something unexpected: $5 and a neon pink Post-it note with a handwritten message. 'Practice some self-care today. Remember that you are loved. You are amazing. You are strong,' it said. Jost says it has inspired her.
Weiterlesen »