Neighborhoods and Crime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23724496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Layla McKinnon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118517390.wbetc187 |
| OpenAlex | W1559420901 |
| ISBN | 9781118517390 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 11 |
The communities where people live and socialize provide a convenient and logical unit of analysis for examining crime. Theories in this area of criminology regard crime as a function of the interaction between groups of people and their social and physical environments. Known as the social ecology of crime , this perspective has its origins in the Chicago School and initial research linking sociology and criminology. Early researchers described the emergence of crime in transitional urban areas as a consequence of social disorganization , and subsequent scholars determined that lack of social control is closely linked with ethnic heterogeneity , population mobility , and concentrated disadvantage . Absence of collective efficacy or capacity to mobilize is also a significant contributor to neighborhood crime levels. Furthermore, the neighborhood–crime connection has proved to be bidirectional, in that crime is capable of influencing community structure and is not merely the product of an adverse environment.
Criminology · Cultural Criminology · Disadvantage · Ethnic group · Geography · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Population · Product (mathematics) · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Unit (ring theory) · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Demography · Law · Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
Schools and Child Antisocial Behavior
Urban Poverty and Neighborhood Effects on Crime
The impact of crime rate, experience of crime, and fear of crime on residents’ participation in association
Structure, Context, and Agency in the Reproduction of Black-on-Black Violence
The Home and the ‘Hood
Impact of metropolization on the crime structure (case study of provincial capitals in Poland)
Analysing the effect of betting shops on crime in England
"Becoming "Copwise
Social Order and Disorder of Street Blocks and Neighborhoods
A General Strain Theory of Community Differences in Crime Rates
Delinquency and Gender Moderation in the Moving to Opportunity Intervention
Racial Context and Police Force Size
The Impact of Crime on Communities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Challenge of social control
Replicating Sampson and Groves's Test of Social Disorganization Theory
The Social Ecology of Crime
Neighborhoods and Crime
Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas
Neighborhood and Crime
Social Disorganization and Theories of Crime and Delinquency
Community Structure and Crime
Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2023 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |