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: Bursik, Robert J. Bursik, Robert J. Bursik Jr., Bursik Robert J., Grasmick, Harold G. Grasmick
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2002
• EAN: 9780739103029
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0302-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 232 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 367 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