Contemporary Disorganization Research: An Assessment and Further Test of the Systemic Model of Neighborhood Crime

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 496-521

  Bellair, Paul E ^a   Browning, Christopher R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community networks; informal control; neighborhood crime; social disorganization; systemic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958003080     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810375578     Document Type: Article

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