Blockface

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Blockface

The side of a city block between two intersections. That is, if a block is a square, a blockface is one side of that square. The U.S. Census Bureau uses this designation.

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(2011), using the similar methodology as the New York City data between 2004 and 2008, find that foreclosures can lead to elevated crime on the blockfaces (5) where they occur.

(5) They define blockface as a street segment that is bounded by the two closest cross-streets, and which incorporates buildings on both sides of the street.

Temporal causality and the dynamics of crime and delinquency

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