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Collective efficacy is a neighborhood-level concept in which community members create a sense of agency and assume ownership for the state of their local community. This concept is one of several forms of formal and informal social control that predi
Autor:
Marc L. Swatt, Craig D. Uchida
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Police Quarterly. 16:287-304
Operation LASER (Los Angeles’ Strategic Extraction and Restoration program) is a program conducted by the Los Angeles Police Department Newton Division to reduce gun violence as part of the Smart Policing Initiative. There are two components to thi
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Deviant Behavior. 34:685-705
Research finds that males are more likely to engage in delinquency than females. General strain theory (GST) suggests that males and females experience different emotions in response to strain leading to different deviant outcomes. Tests of GST to ac
Publikováno v:
Journal of Criminal Justice. 41:1-11
Purpose Extant literature indicates that individual perceptions of collective efficacy and incivilities are important in explaining fear of crime. These studies, however, often implicitly assume that the relationships between key variables do not dif
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Journal of Criminal Justice. 40:490-501
Purpose This article provides a critical review of the state of research on the gang membership-violent victimization relationship. Methods This study examines a comprehensive list of published quantitative studies that have assessed the relationship
Autor:
Marc L. Swatt, Rebecca K. Murray
Publikováno v:
Crime & Delinquency. 59:163-190
Although an extensive literature exists on crime in schools, surprisingly few studies have examined crime within the vicinity of schools. Schools, like other urban facilities, can generate crime by providing youth opportunities to congregate with lit
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Journal of Criminal Justice. 37:553-563
It has long been acknowledged that police officers have substantial levels of discretion in their day-to-day activities. There is a well developed body of literature that considers how this discretion is exercised across a broad array of situations i
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Justice Quarterly. 26:625-643
Due to methodological limitations, such as unmatched gang samples and a lack of longitudinal investigations, it remains unresolved whether joining a gang leads to future violent victimization or both share a set of common causes. Guided by selection,
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Journal of Criminal Justice. 37:317-327
Illegal migration into the United States continues to be an important and contentious issue in the early stages of the twenty-first century. An important aspect of the contemporary migration debate is public opinion toward the various policy and cont
Autor:
James Alan Fox, Marc L. Swatt
Publikováno v:
Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 25:51-77
The Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR), assembled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have for many years represented the most valuable source of information on the patterns and trends in murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Despite the