Broken windows theory (BWT) has heavily influenced social science and policy over the
past 30 years. It posits that disorder in neighborhoods leads to elevated crime by inviting …

Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Ninth Edition, is a highly acclaimed textbook
offering a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology and …

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 …

Building on the insights of the self-efficacy literature, this study highlights that collective
efficacy is a collective perception that comes from a process. This study emphasizes that 1) …

An important criminological controversy concerns the proper causal relationships between
disorder, informal social control, and crime. The broken windows thesis posits that …

Objectives: A significant and diverse body of research has built up during the 30+ years
since the publication of Wilson and Kelling's seminal “broken windows” article. They affected …

Objective Whether a community can demonstrate resilience following a disaster largely
depends on the pre‐disaster context. Community disadvantage, the concentration of …

Objectives Cross-sectional studies consistently find that neighborhoods with higher levels of
collective efficacy experience fewer social problems. Particularly robust is the relationship …

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to juvenile delinquency by defining and
describing juvenile delinquency, examining explanations for delinquent behavior, and …

Six different social disorganization models of neighbourhood crime and offender rates were
tested using data from multiple sources in the city of The Hague, in the Netherlands. The …