03789nam 2200745 a 450 991078244870332120230207225815.00-226-77500-31-281-96658-4978661196658410.7208/9780226775005(CKB)1000000000578010(EBL)408408(OCoLC)476228911(SSID)ssj0000222959(PQKBManifestationID)11910890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222959(PQKBWorkID)10175672(PQKB)10474579(StDuBDS)EDZ0000119098(MiAaPQ)EBC408408(DE-B1597)523392(OCoLC)1135589281(DE-B1597)9780226775005(Au-PeEL)EBL408408(CaPaEBR)ebr10265958(CaONFJC)MIL196658(EXLCZ)99100000000057801020061031d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPockets of crime[electronic resource] broken windows, collective efficacy, and the criminal point of view /Peter K.B. St. JeanChicago University of Chicago Pressc20071 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-77499-6 0-226-77498-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction and overview -- Explaining crime hotspots : overview and extensions of broken windows and collective efficacy theories -- Here's the neighborhood : a video ethnographic tour of Grand Boulevard, 2000 -- Perceived sources of neighborhood disorder -- Where's the dope at? : the need to understand drug dealing from the ground up -- "I want it, I see it, I take it" : the robbery hotspots -- "That's the way we grew up" : the battery hotspots -- 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.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 neighborhood disorder-such as broken windows and boarded-up buildings-makes crime more likely. But in his innovative new study, Peter K. B. St. Jean argues that we cannot fully understand the impact of these factors without considering that, because urban space is unevenly developed, different CrimeCriminologyCriminal behaviorNeighborhoodsSocial aspectsNeighborhoodsPsychological aspectsApplied human geographycrime, 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.Crime.Criminology.Criminal behavior.NeighborhoodsSocial aspects.NeighborhoodsPsychological aspects.Applied human geography.364.2St. Jean Peter K. B1502370MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782448703321Pockets of crime3730070UNINA