Young-An Kim portrait

Young-An Kim

Associate Professor

Biography

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.

Research Interests: Neighborhoods and Crime; Criminology of Place; Spatial Analysis; Quantitative Research Methods.

Contact

  • Phone: 850.644.7372
  • Office: 308A College of Criminology and Criminal Justice BLDG (CRM), Mail Code 1273
  • Office Hours: Monday 9 AM - 10 AM, Wednesday 2 PM - 3 PM, or by appointment
Department

College of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Education
  • Ph.D. in Criminology

    University of California-Irvine, 2018

  • M.A. in Sociology

    University of Texas at El Paso, 2013

  • B.A. in Sociology

    University of Seoul, 2010

Areas of Interest
  • Neighborhoods and Crime
  • Criminology of Place
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Urban Sociology
  • Quantitative Research Methods
Selected Publications
  • Crime & Delinquency

    2022

    Revisiting the Relationship between Racial Heterogeneity and Neighborhood Crime: Do Spatial Scale and Functional Form Matter?

    Kim, Y.-A., & Wo, J. (2022)

  • British Journal of Criminology

    2021

    Seasonality and Crime in Orlando Neighborhoods

    Kim, Y.-A., & Wo, J. C. (2021)

  • Journal of Urban Affairs

    2021

    Topography and Crime in Place: The Effects of Elevation, Slope, and Betweenness in San Francisco Street Segments

    Kim, Y.-A., & Wo, J. C. (2021)

  • Journal of Quantitative Criminology

    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

    Kim, Y.-A., & Hipp, J. R. (2021)

  • Journal of Quantitative Criminology

    2019

    Pathways: Examining Street Network Configurations, Structural Characteristics and Spatial Crime Patterns in Street Segments

    Kim, Y.-A., & Hipp, J. R. (2019)

  • Journal of Quantitative Criminology

    2019

    Street Egohood: An Alternative Perspective of Measuring Neighborhood and Spatial Patterns of Crime

    Kim, Y.-A., & Hipp, J. R. (2019)