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Neighborhood Disorganization and Social Control

Case Studies from Three Russian Cities

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Authors:
  1. Olga Siegmunt

    1. City Dev't & Quantitative Method, HafenCity University Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Examines the role of school and neighborhood contexts on self-control
  • Presents case studies on self-control and social control from three Russian cities
  • Provides research framework and recommendations for future research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)

Part of the book sub series: International and Comparative Criminology (SBICC)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 1-4

  3. The General Theory of Crime

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 5-9

  4. The Neighborhood

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 11-16

  5. Context at School and Self-Control

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 17-19

  6. Theoretical Concepts and Hypotheses

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 21-25

  7. Methods and Procedures, Implementation of the Study, and Description of the Sample

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 27-30

  8. Variable Description and Descriptive Results: Aggregate Level

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 31-38

  9. Descriptive Results and Scale Analysis: Individual-Level Variables

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 39-42

  10. Intraclass Correlation, Median Odds Ratio, and Ecological Reliability

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 43-45

  11. Results of Hypothesis Testing: Influences of the Family

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 47-50

  12. Results of Hypothesis Testing: Influences of the Neighborhood

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 51-59

  13. Results of Hypothesis Testing: Influences of the School

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 61-67

  14. Summary, Discussion, and Outlook

    • Olga Siegmunt
    Pages 69-80

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 81-82
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About this book

This Brief presents a framework for understanding the role of school and neighborhood contexts in the development of self-control. Through the application of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime and Shaw and McKay’s social disorganization theory, the authors of this Brief examine the importance of family socialization and school and neighborhood for self-control of youth in three Russian cities, replicating results from an earlier study in Germany.

The cases presented in the Brief found that family socialization is important for self-control, but it interacts with school and neighbourhood contexts. According to the study, school social control as a structural characteristic can lead to less delinquency, even if students did not develop self-control. Self-control mediates parental supervision and attachment to parents on one hand, and juvenile delinquency on the other hand. However it was not found to mediate neighbourhood context characteristics.

The results of the study provide a research framework that can be applied to other international, comparative contexts. It will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, as well as related fields such as Public Policy and Social Work.

Reviews

“Olga Siegmunt’s book presents the results of the criminological research in the three big Russian cities with about one million inhabitants and more. … The author poses useful questions and then answers them afterwards. It allows readers to be involved in the thought process. The book can be recommended to a broad audience of criminologists, psychologists, educators, social workers, and so on. The results obtained can be successfully used to improve juvenile delinquency prevention measures, especially in social pedagogic fields.” (Anastasiia Monner Lukash, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, January, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • City Dev't & Quantitative Method, HafenCity University Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Olga Siegmunt

About the author

Olga Siegmunt is an associate professor at the HafenCity University in Hamburg and a consultant for criminology research methods at the State Office for Criminal Investigation of Lower Saxony, Hanover, Germany. She has been teaching and researching in criminology for 20 years in several Universities in Germany and Russia.

Her research interests include crime statistics, survey research, comparative studies, quantitative methods for social research, juvenile delinquency, and victimology. Dr. Siegmunt serves in the editorial board of the journal “Legal Science and Law Enforcement Practice”. She has worked periodically for the first regular German Victim Survey, Victim Survey of Lower Saxony, since its beginning in 2012.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neighborhood Disorganization and Social Control

  • Book Subtitle: Case Studies from Three Russian Cities

  • Authors: Olga Siegmunt

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21590-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21589-1Published: 12 February 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21590-7Published: 04 February 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8533

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 82

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Child and School Psychology

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