Broken Windows and Low Adolescent Prosociality: Not Cause and Consequence, but Co-symptoms of Low Collective Efficacy

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 359-369

  O'Brien, Daniel Tumminelli ^a,b   Kauffman Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Collective efficacy; Multilevel models; Neighborhood disorder; Prosociality; Urban studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876885150     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-012-9555-1     Document Type: Article

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