Sweet Mothers and Gangbangers
Managing Crime in a Black Middle-Class Neighborhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2577826 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Pattillo (0000-0003-0717-169X, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Mary E Pattillo |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 747 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3005693 |
| OpenAlex | W4253735956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 88 |
Black middle-class neighborhoods have higher internal poverty rates and are closer to high-poverty and high-crime areas than white middle-class neighborhoods, which presents particular challenges to neighborhood social organization. This study uses ethnographic data from a black middle-class neighborhood in Chicago to explore how residents manage this ecological context. I find that dense social networks fostered by residential stability facilitate the informal supervision of neighborhood youth and enhance the activities of formal organizations and institutions. Nevertheless, the incorporation of gang members and drug dealers into the networks of law-abiding kin and neighbors thwarts efforts to completely rid the neighborhood of its criminal element. The conflicting effects of dense networks challenge traditional social organization theory
Class (philosophy) · Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Element (criminal law) · Ethnography · Geography · Informal social control · Middle class · Organised crime · Political science · Poverty · Social class · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law
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| Citation span | 1999 - 2026 (28) |
| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 87 |