The Elusive Relationship Between Community Organizations And Crime: An Assessment Across Disadvantaged Areas Of The South Bronx

Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-216

  Slocum, Lee Ann ^a   Rengifo, Andres F ^b   Choi, Tiffany ^c   Herrmann, Christopher R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Missouri Department of Higher Education   (United States)

^d Berkeley College   (United States)

Author keywords

Local organizations; Property crime; Social disorganization; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874135609     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12001     Document Type: Article

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