Say NOPE to social disorganization criminology: the importance of creators in neighborhood social control

Abstract Despite decades of research into social disorganization theory, criminologists have made little progress developing community programs that reduce crime. The lack of progress is due in part to faulty assumptions in the theory: that neighborhoods are important; that residents are the primary...

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Main Authors: Shannon J. Linning, Ajima Olaghere, John E. Eck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:Crime Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-022-00167-y