This paper presents the findings from a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on
the links between crime and fear of crime, the social and built environment, and health and …

The mission of policing is “to protect and serve,” but recent events suggest that many
Americans, and especially Black Americans, do not feel protected from the police …

Why do certain people commit acts of crime? Why does crime happen in certain places?
Presenting an ambitious new study designed to test a pioneering new theory of the causes …

Primary and secondary schools across the world are expected to contribute to the
citizenship development of their pupils. Most citizenship curricula focus on the acquisition of …

Abstract Design and construction professionals are entrusted to design built environments
that can assure public safety. Crime statistics is one indicator that reflects the correlation …

Past work has linked incivilities to fear of crime but has left open two questions: Do multilevel
impacts of incivilities persist after simultaneously controlling for sociodemographics …

The current research tests three conceptual models designed to explain citizens' fear of
crime—vulnerability, disorder, and social integration. These models are assessed for …

Collective efficacy is defined as residents' perceived collective capacity to take coordinated
and interdependent action on issues that affect their lives. This study explored factors …

The purpose of this study was to extend the current knowledge of public attitudes toward the
police. Independent variables derived from three models, the demographic, the …

This book provides a sociological perspective on crime and criminal justice by treating social
structure and social inequality as central themes in the study of crime—and major factors in …