Collective Efficacy Theory and Perceptions of Crime: Documenting Neighborhood Context Effects (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781593327675)

Battin tests collective efficacy theory by accounting for additional measures of informal social control and social ties. Past social disorganization theory and collective efficacy theory research utilized community members to measure community levels of informal social control and social ties. Battin's work deviates from the previous methodology and incorporates real estate agents as resident proxies to test collective efficacy theory and its relationship with perceptions of crime. The data provide support for collective efficacy theory and the use of resident proxies.

Author: Joshua R. Battin
ISBN-10: 1593327676
ISBN-13: 9781593327675
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2015
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d