Trees Shed Bad Rap as Accessories to Crime
![Justine Bonner, a 74-year-old school teacher, chats with Morgan Grove, Ph.D. ’96. Bonner said the trees shade the houses and filter the air. “It makes it easier to breathe,” she says, and means it literally. Morgan Grove and Justin Bonner](https://uri.yale.edu/sites/default/files/morgangrove.jpg)
December 1, 2012
“…trees may also help people on this block breathe easier in the sense that they can feel a little less worried about crime. Despite urban folklore that treats all vegetation as a hiding place for muggers, carjackers and drug dealers, new studies in three American cities—Baltimore, Portland, Ore., and Philadelphia—suggest that the right trees in the right place can play a significant role in preventing crime and make even the worst neighborhoods feel safer…”
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