{"product_id":"communities-and-crime-pamela-wilcox-9781592139736","title":"Communities and Crime: An Enduring American Challenge","description":"\u003cp\u003eSocial scientists have long argued over the links between crime and place. The authors of \u003ci\u003eCommunities and Crime\u003c\/i\u003e provide an intellectual history that traces how varying images of community have evolved over time and influenced criminological thinking and criminal justice policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors outline the major ideas that have shaped the development of theory, research, and policy in the area of communities and crime. Each chapter examines the problem of the community through a defining critical or theoretical lens: the community as social disorganization; as a system of associations; as a symptom of larger structural forces; as a result of criminal subcultures; as a broken window; as crime opportunity; and as a site of resilience. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on these changing images of community, the empirical adequacy of these images, and how they have resulted in concrete programs to reduce crime, \u003ci\u003eCommunities and Crime\u003c\/i\u003e theorizes about and reflects upon why some neighborhoods produce so much crime. The result is a tour of the dominant theories of place in social science today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Wilcox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592139736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592139736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 22.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2018","brand":"Pamela Wilcox","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013987479807,"sku":"9781592139736","price":99.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03347f12-39ff-40fe-a368-a8e257100a08.jpg?v=1767746016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/communities-and-crime-pamela-wilcox-9781592139736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}