Young-An Kim received his Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of California-Irvine. His research interests include neighborhoods and crime, criminology of place, geo-spatial analysis, urban sociology, and quantitative research methods. His research has appeared in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice, British Journal of Criminology, and Crime & Delinquency, among others.
Neighborhoods and Crime | Criminology of Place | Spatial Analysis | Quantitative Research Methods
2018 Ph.D. Criminology, University of California–Irvine
2013 M.A. Sociology, University of Texas at El Paso
2010 B.A. Sociology, University of Seoul
Kim, Young-An and James Wo. (2022). Revisiting the Relationship between Racial Heterogeneity and Neighborhood Crime: Do Spatial Scale and Functional Form Matter? Crime & Delinquency
Kim, Young-An and James C. Wo (2021). “Seasonality and Crime in Orlando Neighborhoods” British Journal of Criminology
Kim, Young-An and James C. Wo (2021). “Topography and Crime in Place: The Effects of Elevation, Slope, and Betweenness in San Francisco Street Segments” Journal of Urban Affairs
Kim, Young-An and John R. Hipp (2021). “Both Sides of the Street: Introducing Measures of Physical and Social Boundaries Based on Differences across Sides of the Street, and Consequences for Crime” Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Kim, Young-An and John R. Hipp (2019). “Pathways: Examining Street Network Configurations, Structural Characteristics and Spatial Crime Patterns in Street Segments” Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Kim, Young-An and John R. Hipp (2019). “Street Egohood: An Alternative Perspective of Measuring Neighborhood and Spatial Patterns of Crime” Journal of Quantitative Criminology