Communities and Crime

by Reiss, Albert J.; Tonry, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780226807980
• ISBN10: 0226807983
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-05-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

How does crime relate to the quality of life in communities? What role does fear play in influencing crime patterns? What is the effect of crime on a community's school's teachers, and pupils? How does environmental design affect crime? Can household and community mobilization change crime patterns? Examining the ways in which communities both affect crime and are affected by it, this volume seeks to explain the wide variation of crime levels among different communities. As it attempts to redress the bias toward describing crime in terms of individuals, Communities and Crime brings concentrated attention to crime at a community level, suggesting ways in which neighborhoods can change their crime patterns.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Why Are Communities Important in Understanding Crime?	1	(34)
Albert J. Reiss, Jr.
Ecological Stability and the Dynamics of Delinquency	35	(32)
Robert J. Bursik, Jr.
Community Careers in Crime	67	(34)
Leo Schuerman
Solomon Kobrin
Housing Tenure and Residential Community Crime Careers in Britain	101	(62)
Anthony E. Bottoms
Paul Wiles
Does Gentrification Affect Crime Rates?	163	(40)
Scott C. McDonald
Fear of Crime and Neighborhood Change	203	(28)
Wesley Skogan
Economic Conditions, Neighborhood Organization, and Urban Crime	231	(40)
Richard M. McGahey
Crime in Cities: The Effects of Formal and Informal Social Control	271	(42)
Robert J. Sampson
The Neighborhood Context of Police Behavior	313	(30)
Douglas A. Smith
Policing Communities: What Works?	343	(44)
Lawrence W. Sherman
Environmental Design, Crime, and Prevention: An Examination of Community Dynamics	387	(30)
Ralph B. Taylor
Stephen Gottfredson
Index	417