Informal Citizen Action and Crime Prevention at the Neighborhood Level: Synthesis and Assessment of the ResearchU.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1985 - Citizens' associations - 207 pages |
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Introduction | 1 |
Methodological Approach I10 | 10 |
Social Preconditions for the Development | 37 |
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activities actual American areas associated attitudes behavior block building characteristics citizen cohesion collective community crime prevention crime prevention programs crime rates criminal defensible density direct effect empirical environment et al ethnic evaluation evidence examined factors fear fear of crime findings formal friends friendship greater higher homogeneity housing important increased indicate individual influence informal control informal social control Institute integration intervention involvement issue Justice less literature living low income lower LVOS major means measures middle nature neighborhood neighbors networks norms offenders organizations participation perceived perceptions physical police poor positive potential problems relationship relatively residential residents responsibility Review sense similar social interaction space street strong studies suggest surveys tend territorial unit urban variables victimization viewed voluntary