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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959348003321

Autore

Snell Clete

Titolo

Neighborhood structure, crime, and fear of crime : testing Bursik and Grasmick's neighborhood control theory / / Clete Snell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2001

ISBN

1-931202-79-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice recent scholarship

Disciplina

307.76/072

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban - Research

Social control

Social networks

Crime

Fear of crime

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bursik And Grasmick's Systemic Theory Of Neighborhood Control -- 3 Previous Ecological Research -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Findings -- 7 SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Snell shows how weak primary and secondary relationships, weak parochial and public control, and high levels of disorder relate directly to increased crime and fear of crime in unstable, racially heterogeneous neighborhoods.