Neighborhoods and Crime - The Dimensions of Effective Community Control

This book is an excellent resource in examining the influence that community control can have on crime.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 1 Basic Issues
Chapter 4 2 The Criminal Behavior of Neighborhood Residents
Chapter 5 3 Neighborhood Opportunities for Criminal Behavior
Chapter 6 4 Neighborhood Dynamics and the Fear of Crime
Chapter 7 5 The Neighborhood Context of Gang Behavior
Chapter 8 6 Neighborhood-Based Responses to Crime: Policy Issues
Chapter 9 Epilogue
Chapter 10 Notes
Chapter 11 References
Chapter 12 Acknowledgments
Chapter 13 Index
Chapter 14 About the Author

About the author

Robert J. Bursik, Harold G. Grasmick

Product details

• Authors: Bursik, Robert J. Bursik, Robert J. Bursik Jr., Bursik Robert J., Grasmick, Harold G. Grasmick
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.1998
• EAN: 9780669246322
• ISBN: 978-0-669-24632-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban communities, Causes & Prevention Of Crime, Causes and prevention of crime, Urban communities / city life