Studies of urban neighborhoods have found that streets with continuous building frontage, frequent doorways, and pedestrian-scale storefronts experience more foot traffic and lower rates of street crime than streets featuring blank walls, parking lots, or long stretches without entrances. Architects and planners have referred to the former pattern as "eyes on the street."
Which choice most logically completes the text? The passage suggests that crime in urban environments _______
- A
is fully determined by the income of residents
- B
occurs at identical rates regardless of street design
- C
is reduced only by formal police presence
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may be influenced by physical features that shape informal observation by passersby and residents
Explanation
Lower crime where design encourages presence and observation supports B. A and D introduce factors not in the passage; C contradicts the findings.