Community Criminology : Fundamentals of Spatial and Temporal Scaling, Ecological Indicators, and Selectivity Bias

Community Criminology Fundamentals of Spatial and Temporal Scaling, Ecological Indicators, and Selectivity Bias

For close to a century, the field of community criminology has examined the causes and consequences of community crime and delinquency rates. Nevertheless, there is still a lot we do not know about the dynamics behind these connections. In this book, Ralph Taylor argues that obstacles to deepening o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Ralph B., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : New York University Press [2015]
Series:New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Communities.
Criminology.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817329206719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Overview
  • 2 Three Core Community Crime Sequences
  • 3 Spatial Scaling I
  • 4 Spatial Scaling II
  • 5 Spatial Scaling III
  • 6 Temporal Scaling I
  • 7 Temporal Scaling II
  • 8 Ecological Indicators
  • 9 Selectivity Bias
  • 10 Integration and Metatheoretical Concerns
  • About the Online Appendices
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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