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UPenn School of Arts & Sciences: Street Lighting and Public Safety
October 18, 2025
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news:

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Street lighting and public safety

Criminology researchers Aaron Chalfin and John MacDonald, and data scientist Brian Wade of Penn's Crime and Justice Policy Lab, evaluate the effect of improved street lighting on crime rates.

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It's an almost universally accepted truth that walking in well-lit . . .

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