Chapter 1 Key Issues in the Social Ecology of Crime&James M. Byrne and Robert J. Sampson 1
Shaw and McKay Revisited 1
The Data Source Controversy 7
Is Theory Integration Necessa? 9
The Problem of Contextual Fallacies 12
Conceptualization and Measurement Issues 13
The Use of Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal Designs 17
The Application of Social Ecology to Criminal-Justice Policy 19
Part Ⅰ Neighborhood Level Analyses of Crime, Victimization,and Fear 25
Chapter 2 Neighborhood Family Structure and the Risk of Personal Victimization&Robert J Sampson 25
Theoretical Framework 26
Data and Method 29
Findings 33
Discussion 45
Chapter 3 Fear and Its Relationship to Crime, Neighborhood Deterioration, and Informal Social Control&Stephanie W. Greenberg 47
The Data 49
Physical Deterioration, Perceived Disorder, and Fear 50
Relative Effects on Fear of Crime, Physical Deterioration,and Informal Social Control 51
Path Model of Neighborhood Characteristics, Crime and Control-Related Perceptions, and Fear 55
Summary and Conclusions 60
Chapter 4 Delinquency Rates as Sources of Ecological Change&Robert J. Bursik, Jr. 63
Introduction 63
Data and Initial Model Specification 65
Findings 70
Conclusions 73
Part Ⅱ Interurban Analyses of Violent and Property Crime 77
Chapter 5 Cities, Citizens, and Crime: The Ecological/Nonecological Debate Reconsidered&James M. Byrne 77
Introduction and Overview 77
Research Procedures 82
Findings 87
Conclusions 94
Implications 101
Chapter 6 Age, Sex, Race, and Arrest Trends for 12 of the Nation’s Largest Central Cities&Roland Chilton 102
Data and Method 104
Analysis 105
Discussion 112
Chapter 7 Urban Crime Rates: Effects of Inequality, Welfare Dependency, Region, and Race&Richard Rosenfeld 116
Data and Method 117
Strain, Relative Deprivation, and Crime 117
Control, Welfare Dependency, and Crime 119
Culture and Crime 122
Southern Violence 123
Race and Crime 124
Conclusions 127
Implications 129
Part Ⅲ The Impact of Ecological Factors on Decision Making and Policy in the Criminal Justice System 133
Chapter 8 Person-Environment Interactions in the Prediction of Recidivism&Stephen D. Gottfredson and Ralph B. Taylor 133
Introduction 133
Propositions Based on the Literature Reviewed 138
Methods 139
Measurement Issues 140
Analytic Strategy 143
Preliminary Findings 144
Summary and Limitations 152
Research Futures: An Interactionist Approach to Recidivism 153
Chapter 9 Firearms Ownership and Violent Crime:A Comparison of Illinois Countries&David J. Bordua 156
Introduction 156
Measurement 163
Bivariate Results: General Ownership 166
Bivariate Results: Ownership Types 169
Multivariate Results: The Firearms Variables in a Model of Violent Crime 172
Household Firearms 178
Some Considerations of Measurement 180
Deadliness and Percentage Use of Firearms 182
Summary and Conclusions 187
References 189
Author Index 209
Subject Index 215