Urban Economic Development and Restorative Justice: Exploring the Relationship Between Creativity and Crime Control

Catherine Lawson () and Joanne Katz

Atlantic Economic Journal, 2006, vol. 34, issue 3, 303-312

Abstract: This article examines the relationship between local economic development and a new approach to the problem of crime–i.e., ‘restorative justice.’ The latter concept is introduced and briefly explored, followed by a short review of Richard Florida's recently proposed theory of creative-class economic development. Against the backdrop of these theoretical innovations, an empirical question that arises is whether the specific character of creative-class economic growth enhances the probability that a given city will adopt a restorative justice paradigm in its efforts to reduce crime. Addressing this question using logistic regression analysis, the article provides preliminary evidence that creative-class economic development encourages experimentation with innovative approaches to social problems such as crime. Copyright IAES 2006

Keywords: economics of crime; restorative justice; regional economic development; creative-class economic growth; D74; K42; R19; R59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/s11293-006-9018-x

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