Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy
Neighborhoods and Crime in Miami
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2015
166 pages
978-1-4985-1747-8 (ISBN)
Description
Collective efficacy is a neighborhood-level concept in which community members create a sense of agency and assume ownership for the state of their local community. This concept is one of several forms of formal and informal social control that predict the overall functioning of a community. In this book, the authors examine collective efficacy and crime in eight Miami-Dade County, Florida neighborhoods, based on data they collected from across the country and in the Miami-Dade neighborhoods themselves. They discuss findings relevant to the theory of collective efficacy itself, ramifications for its use within communities, and make recommendations for future research and for translating these results into actionable, crime prevention activities.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 BW Illustrations, 20 Tables
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-1747-8 (9781498517478)
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Craig D. Uchida | Marc L. Swatt | Shellie E. Solomon
Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy
Neighborhoods and Crime in Miami
Book
10/2015
Lexington Books
€126.20
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Persons
Craig D. Uchida is president of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. and received his doctorate from the University of Albany.
Marc L. Swatt is senior research associate and statistician with Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.
Shellie E. Solomon is chief executive officer of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc., and is a doctoral student at the University of Masstricht.
Sean P. Varano is associate professor in the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University.
Marc L. Swatt is senior research associate and statistician with Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.
Shellie E. Solomon is chief executive officer of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc., and is a doctoral student at the University of Masstricht.
Sean P. Varano is associate professor in the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University.
Content
Chapter 1: Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy
Chapter 2: Methodology
Chapter 3: Psychometric Properties of the New Collective Efficacy Scale
Chapter 4: The Relationships between Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion and Outcome Variables
Chapter 5: Assessing Heterogeneity in Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion across Neighborhoods
Chapter 6: Exploring the Predictors of Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Perceptions of Social Cohesion
Chapter 7: Within Neighborhood Variation in Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion
Chapter 8: Conclusions and Discussion for Future Research
Chapter 9: Conclusions and Discussion for Future Policy
Chapter 2: Methodology
Chapter 3: Psychometric Properties of the New Collective Efficacy Scale
Chapter 4: The Relationships between Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion and Outcome Variables
Chapter 5: Assessing Heterogeneity in Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion across Neighborhoods
Chapter 6: Exploring the Predictors of Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Perceptions of Social Cohesion
Chapter 7: Within Neighborhood Variation in Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion
Chapter 8: Conclusions and Discussion for Future Research
Chapter 9: Conclusions and Discussion for Future Policy
