Street lighting and public safety: Researchers evaluate the effect of improved street lighting on crime rates
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It’s an almost universally accepted truth that walking in well-lit areas is safer. But Aaron Chalfin, associate professor of criminology in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences; John MacDonald, criminology professor and director of the Master of Science in Criminology, and Brian Wade, senior data scientist at Penn’s Crime and Justice Policy Lab, want to […]