University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Economics ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 8-27-2009 Park Amenities and Crime: Do Neighborhood Parks Contribute to Crime? Elizabeth Cota Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/econ_etds Recommended Citation Cota, Elizabeth. "Park Amenities and Crime: Do Neighborhood Parks Contribute to Crime?." (2009). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/econ_etds/36 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Economics ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PARK AMENITIES AND CRIME: DO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS CONTRIBUTE TO CRIME? BY Elizabeth Cota PREVIOUS DEGREES B.B.A., Economics, Kennesaw State University, 2006 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Economics The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico July, 2009 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I warmly acknowledge the guidance given me by my co-chairs Dr. Krause and Dr. Thacher. Dr. Krause consistently guided and supported me as I worked as her assistant, and she was also a source of encouragement in my professional and personal writings. Dr. Thacher has an uncanny knack for pushing me to achieve more and to learn more simultaneously. I’m proud of how this paper has grown under her guidance. I would also like to thank my final chairperson, Dr. Chermak. Without her enthusiasm, constant energy, and encouragement economics would be a heck of a lot more difficult. I have to thank my husband, Keith, for the roof over my head, my car, my motorcycle, and all of the things that most full-time college students don’t have, including love.