Social disorganization, social capital, collective efficacy and the spatial distribution of crime and offenders

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 942-963

  Bruinsma, Gerben J N ^a   Pauwels, Lieven J R ^b   Weerman, Frank M ^a   Bernasco, Wim ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Crime rates; Offender rates; Social disorganization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882304790     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azt030     Document Type: Article

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