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1 online resource (214 pages). |
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Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
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Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Contents |
List of Figures; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE: Examining Social Capital and Crime; CHAPTER TWO: Evolving Concepts of Social Capital and Crime; CHAPTER THREE: Examining the Relationship Between SocialCapital and Crime; CHAPTER FOUR: How does Social Capital Relate to Crime?; CHAPTER FIVE: Does Social Capital Matter in Relationto Crime?; CHAPTER SIX: Social Capital and Crime, What Now?Implications for the Future; APPENDIX A: Years of Available Stowell Data for Citiesand MSAS Examined. |
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APPENDIX B: Source of Access to Dataset for StudyReplication: Raw Data for Stowell Psychographics, Census Demographics, and Crime RatesReferences; Index. |
| Summary |
Social capital is often hailed as the solution to many of the problems present in America today, but Neal?s work indicates that this belief may be misplaced. The literature suggests that the levels of social capital in a community affect the way members of the community interact with one another and may also impact the level of crime. To examine this connection, Neal examines levels crime in U.S. cities over several years along with the levels of social capital. She finds that there is strong evidence of a correlation between social capital and crime; however it appears that a decrease in crim. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects. |
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Social capital (Sociology) |
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Crime prevention -- Social aspects.
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Crime prevention -- Social aspects. |
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Crime prevention. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Neal, Danielle Lively. Social Capital and Urban Crime. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, ©2011 9781593324469 |
| ISBN |
9781593326791 |
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1593326793 |
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9781593324469 hardback alkaline paper |
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1593324464 hardback alkaline paper |
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