Craig D. Uchida, Marc L. Swatt, Shellie E. Solomon

Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy

Neighborhoods and Crime in Miami

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a study of collective efficacy in eight neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Using residential surveys, observations, and new methods of statistical and mapping analysis (kriging), the book provides a number of important findings relevant to the theory itself, ramifications for its use within communities, and implications for current and future research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9781498517461
• ISBN-10: 1498517463
• Artikelnr.: 43493354

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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