Pockets of Crime : Broken Windows, Collective Efficacy, and the Criminal Point of View /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: St. Jean, Peter K. B. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Sampson, Robert J. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
Applied human geography.
Crime.
Criminal behavior.
Criminology.
Neighborhoods > Psychological aspects.
Neighborhoods > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
crime, robbery, drug dealing, assault, broken windows theory, neighborhood, urban, community, legal system, law, policing, chicago police department, check-cashing outlets, liquor stores, fast food, criminal behavior, criminology, human geography, nonfiction, grand boulevard, battery, collective efficacy, prevention, psychology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction and Overview
  • 2. Explaining Crime Hotspots: Overview and Extensions of Broken Windows and Collective Efficacy Theories
  • 3. Here's the Neighborhood: A Video Ethnographic Tour of Grand Boulevard, 2000
  • 4. Perceived Sources of Neighborhood Disorder
  • 5. Where's the Dope At? The Need to Understand Drug Dealing from the Ground Up
  • 6. "I Want It, I See It, I Take It": The Robbery Hotspots
  • 7. "That's the Way We Grew Up": The Battery Hotspots
  • 8. 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
  • References
  • Index

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