Pockets of crime broken windows, collective efficacy, and the criminal point of view
Why, even in the same high-crime neighborhoods, do robbery, drug dealing, and assault occur much more frequently on some blocks than on others? One popular theory is that a weak sense of community among neighbors can create conditions more hospitable for criminals, and another proposes that neighbor...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press
c2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798527506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction and overview
- Explaining crime hotspots : overview and extensions of broken windows and collective efficacy theories
- Here's the neighborhood : a video ethnographic tour of Grand Boulevard, 2000
- Perceived sources of neighborhood disorder
- Where's the dope at? : the need to understand drug dealing from the ground up
- "I want it, I see it, I take it" : the robbery hotspots
- "That's the way we grew up" : the battery hotspots
- What this all means : summary, conclusions, and implications
- Appendix A: Methodological appendix
- Appendix B: Recent trends in research on broken windows
- Appendix C: Recent trends in research on collective efficacy.
