Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory

Defining Neighborhood: Social Disorganization Theory, Official Data, and Community Perceptions

Cultural Disorganization and Crime

Social Structure Social Learning Theory: Preventing Crime and Violence

Social learning theory is an important theoretical premise. The importance of the theory occurs in psychology, sociology, and criminology. Further, this theoretical premise, also, has importance in developing prevention programs. This chapter will move from the theoretical roots, review of the social learning theory literature, social structure social learning theory, review of the social struc...

New Directions in Social Disorganization Theory

Social disorganization theory focuses on the relationship between neighborhood structure, social control, and crime. Recent theoretical and empirical work on the relationship between community characteristics and crime has led to important refinements of social disorganization theory, yet there remain some substantive and methodological deficiencies in this body of work. This article addresses ...

Systematically Addressing Inconsistencies in the Rural Social Disorganization and Crime Literature

The rural criminological literature has recently experienced an increased interest in structural theories of crime, with social disorganization theory being the primary emphasis. This article summarizes and synthesizes the existing literature that specifically tests social disorganization theory in rural communities, focusing on consistencies and inconsistencies in the findings as well as theor...