Pockets of crime : broken windows, collective efficacy, and the criminal point of view / Peter K.B. St. Jean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

St. Jean, Peter K. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime.

Criminology.

Criminal behavior.

Neighborhoods--Social aspects.

Neighborhoods.

Neighborhoods--Psychological aspects.

Applied human geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why, even in the same high-crime neighborhoods, do robbery, drug dealing, and assault occur much more frequently on some blocks than on others? One popular theory is that a weak sense of community among neighbors can create conditions more hospitable for criminals, and another proposes that neighborhood disorder-such as broken windows and boarded-up buildings-makes crime more likely. But in his innovative new study, Peter K. B. St. Jean argues that we cannot fully understand the impact of these factors without considering that, because urban space is unevenly developed, different

Contents:

Introduction and overview

Explaining crime hotspots : overview and extensions of broken windows and collective efficacy theories

Here's the neighborhood : a video ethnographic tour of Grand Boulevard, 2000

Perceived sources of neighborhood disorder

Where's the dope at? : the need to understand drug dealing from the ground up

"I want it, I see it, I take it" : the robbery hotspots

"That's the way we grew up" : the battery hotspots

What this all means : summary, conclusions, and implications

Appendix A: Methodological appendix

Appendix B: Recent trends in research on broken windows

Appendix C: Recent trends in research on collective efficacy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611966584

9780226775005

0226775003

9781281966582

1281966584

OCLC:

476228911