Community, crime control, and collective efficacy : neighborhoods and crime in Miami / Craig D. Uchida, Marc L. Swatt, Shellie E. Solomon, and Sean P. Varano.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy -- Chapter 2: Methodology -- Chapter 3: Psychometric Properties of theNew Collective Efficacy Scale -- Chapter 4: The Relationships between Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion and Outcome Variables -- Chapter 5: Assessing Heterogeneity in Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion across Neighborhoods -- Chapter 6: Exploring the Predictors of Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Perceptions of Social Cohesion -- Chapter 7: Within-Neighborhood Variation in Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion -- Chapter 8: Conclusion and Discussion for Future Research -- Chapter 9: Conclusion and Discussion for Future Policy -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

This book is a study of collective efficacy in eight neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Using residential surveys, observations, and new methods of statistical and mapping analysis (kriging), the book provides a number of important findings relevant to the theory itself, ramifications for its use within communities, and implications for current and future research.

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