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Video: Cleaning Up Vacant Lots Can Curb Urban Crime
Editor’s note: This video was created as a part of Manhattan Institute’s Urban Policy Series 2019.
John M. MacDonald (University of Pennsylvania) and Charles Branas (Columbia University) draw on their years-long study of the Philadelphia LandCare program to show how cleaning and greening vacant lots can dramatically deter crime.
