In Neighborhoods and Crime, Robert J. Bursik, Jr. and Harold G. Grasmick argue that social disorganization theory has ignored the broader political, social, and economic dynamics of the urban systems in which neighborhoods are imbedded. They propose that such omissions can be addressed by reformulating the disorganization model within a broad, systemic approach to neighborhood structure. In particular, they maintain that a full understanding of urban crime is impossible without consideration of the ability of neighborhoods to exert local control by mobilizing the potential resources available through networks of community residents, schools, churches, and institutions and agencies located outside of the neighborhood...

Preface

Basic Issues

The Criminal Behav/or of Neighborhood Residents

Neighborhood Opportunities for Criminal Behavior

Neighborhood Dynamics and the Fear of Crime

The Neighborhood Context of Gang Behavior

Neighborhood-Based Responses to Crime: Policy Issues

Epilogue

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Index

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