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Does gentrification significantly impact crime rates of neighborhoods? In this exploration of the differential effects of social disorganization on neighborhood homicide rates in Chicago, IL, from 1970 to 1995, Tiffany Davis investigates whether gentrification is a contributing cause to changes in homicide rates among Chicago neighborhoods. Operating from a social disorganization perspective, Davis begins by providing a racial and urban history of Chicago, IL., exploring urban segregation, immigration,neighborhood development, and gentrification. Using this as a basis for her exploration, Davis analyzes the effects of residential stability, racial heterogeneity, and economic disadvantage for three main areas the city of Chicago, non-gentrifying neighborhoods and gentrifying neighborhoods. Movin´ On Up explores the process of gentrification in one city, over time, to provide an insightful contribution to literature on social stratification, gentrification, and crime.

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Tiffany Davis received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Dartmouth College in 2006. She then went on to complete a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from Emory University in 2009. While at Emory, she studied Criminology and Social Stratification, which helped develop her interest in the relationship between gentrification and crime.

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