Perspectives
Can parks help cities fight crime?
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Some parks reduce violence in the local vicinity. Other parks attract crime. The difference has to do with how these urban green spaces are designed, programmed and managed, experts say.
S. Scott Ogletree
Scott Ogletree is currently a PhD candidate at Clemson University studying at the intersection of natural and human systems. His dissertation research explores how crime and urban greenspace are related across a broad sample of cities.