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 is Curators Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Harold G. Grasmick is professor of sociology at the University of Oklahoma.

Product details

• Authors: Robert J. Bursik, Bursik Robert J., Harold G. Grasmick
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.1998
• EAN: 9780669246322
• ISBN: 978-0-669-24632-2
• 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