Order born of chaos? The capacity for informal social control in disempowered and 'disorganised' neighbourhoods

Policy and Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-350

  Atkinson, Rowland ^a   Flint, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Crime and disorder; Disorganisation; Neighbourhoods

Indexed keywords

CRIME; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 3142727805     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/0305573041223690     Document Type: Article

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