Violent Crime, Mobility Decisions, and Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Transition.

The article discusses the effect of violent crime on residential mobility among racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S., and the impact of crime rates on the racial and ethnic composition of neighborhoods. The author asserts that racial and ethnic transformation of a neighborhood is caused by the mobility of whites leaving high-crime neighborhoods, as well as whites being less likely to move into housing units located in neighborhoods with increasing rates of violent crime. The author also suggests that African Americans and Hispanic Americans are more likely to enter neighborhoods with more violent crime.