Walter S. Dekeseredy, Shahid Alvi, Martin D. Schwartz

Under Siege

Poverty and Crime in a Public Housing Community

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking book provides an in-depth analysis of predatory crime victimization, intimate partner victimization, public racial and sexual harassment, and the relationship of all these harms to the residents' perceptions of their neighborhood social disorganization/collective efficacy. Under Siege is uniquely valuable both for its rich theoretical basis and for its transparent presentation of the authors' research methodology. It is a thought-provoking sociological contribution that offers progressive strategies for ameliorating both poverty and crime in North American public housing complexes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780739105931
• ISBN-10: 0739105930
• Artikelnr.: 22139962

Autorenporträt

By Walter S. DeKeseredy; Shahid Alvi; Martin D. Schwartz and Andreas E. Tomaszewski

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 The Historical, Political, and Economic Context
of the West Town Study Chapter 3 Predatory Crime Victimization, Illegal
Drug Use, and Alcohol Consumption in West Town: Incidence and
Sociodemographic Risk Factors Chapter 4 Violence Against and the Harassment
of Women in West Town Chapter 5 The Role of Perceived Social
Disorganization and Collective Efficacy Chapter 6 The Failure of
Neo-Conservative Policy Chapter 7 Rethinking Crime Prevention in Public
Housing Chapter 8 Appendix A: The QNLS Instrument Chapter 9 Appendix B:
Face-to-Face Interview Schedule Chapter 10 References