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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808341103321

Autore

Wilcox Pamela <1968->

Titolo

Communities and crime : an enduring American challenge / / Pamela Wilcox, Francis T. Cullen, and Ben Feldmeyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Temple University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-59213-975-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Urban Life, Landscape and Policy

Disciplina

364.973

Soggetti

Crime - Sociological aspects

Neighborhoods

Inner cities

Sociology, Urban

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Images of community in criminological thought -- Community as socially disorganized -- Community as a system -- Community as the truly disadvantaged -- Community as a criminal culture -- Community as a broken window -- Community as criminal opportunity -- Community as collective efficacy -- Communities and crime: looking ahead.