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The Social Ecology of Crime

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. James M. Byrne

    1. Department of Criminal Justice, Center for Criminal Justice, University of Lowell, Lowell, USA

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  2. Robert J. Sampson

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

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Part of the book series: Research in Criminology (RESEARCH CRIM.)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Key Issues in the Social Ecology of Crime

    1. Key Issues in the Social Ecology of Crime

      • James M. Byrne, Robert J. Sampson
      Pages 1-22

  3. Neighborhood Level Analyses of Crime, Victimization, and Fear

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Neighborhood Family Structure and the Risk of Personal Victimization

      • Robert J. Sampson
      Pages 25-46

    3. Fear and Its Relationship to Crime, Neighborhood Deterioration, and Informal Social Control

      • Stephanie W. Greenberg
      Pages 47-62

    4. Delinquency Rates as Sources of Ecological Change

      • Robert J. Bursik Jr.
      Pages 63-74

  5. The Impact of Ecological Factors on Decision Making and Policy in the Criminal Justice System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Person-Environment Interactions in the Prediction of Recidivism

      • Stephen D. Gottfredson, Ralph B. Taylor
      Pages 133-155

    3. Firearms Ownership and Violent Crime: A Comparison of Illinois Counties

      • David J. Bordua
      Pages 156-188

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 189-221
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Criminal Justice, Center for Criminal Justice, University of Lowell, Lowell, USA

    James M. Byrne

  • Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

    Robert J. Sampson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Social Ecology of Crime

  • Editors: James M. Byrne, Robert J. Sampson

  • Series Title: Research in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8606-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8608-7Published: 21 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8606-3Published: 12 June 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7540

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 221

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Psychiatry

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