Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research has issued a call for papers for a special issue on rental assistance programs, assisted populations, and crime. Papers on a variety of topics related to rental assistance and crime are encouraged, including, but not limited to:
- Poverty and proximity to jobs;
- Access to treatment, support, and services; and
- Community perceptions and fears of being victimized.
The submission deadline for abstracts of articles is Monday, September 10, 2012. For more information, please visit the Cityscape webpage.
About Cityscape
The goal of Cityscape is to bring high-quality original research on housing and community development issues to scholars, government officials, and practitioners. Cityscape is open to all relevant disciplines, including architecture, consumer research, demography, economics, engineering, ethnography, finance, geography, law, planning, political science, public policy, regional science, sociology, statistics and urban studies.