Neighborhoods and violent crime: a multilevel study of collective efficacy.

Violence in Urban Neighborhoods: A Longitudinal Study of Collective Efficacy and Violent Crime

A Case Study of the Crime-ridden Neighborhood: Structures, Processes, and Mechanisms of Crime Occurrence in the Harandi Neighborhood of Tehran

Extended Abstract Introduction: Today cities are the main place of human life in the world. In addition to creating opportunities, they have confronted modern human beings with numerous threats. In many metropolises, quantitative growth has surpassed the quality of people’s lives. This has made an increasing number of social problems in general, and resulted in the emergence of crimes in parti...

Segregation, racial structure, and neighborhood violent crime.

Drawing on structural racism and urban disadvantage approaches, this article posits a broad influence of citywide racial residential segregation on levels of violent crime across all urban neighborhoods regardless of their racial/ethnic composition. Multilevel models based on data from the National Neighborhood Crime Study for 7,622 neighborhoods in 79 cities throughout the United States reveal...

Neighborhood violent crime and unemployment increase the risk of coronary heart disease: a multilevel study in an urban setting.

Little is known about the association between neighborhood social disorganization and coronary heart disease (CHD). This study used the theoretical frameworks of the Chicago school and the Stirling County group in order to analyze the impact of neighborhood violent crime and neighborhood unemployment on CHD in an urban setting, the capital of Sweden. The entire population of Stockholm County ag...

A Case Study of the Crime-ridden Neighborhood: Structures, Processes, and Mechanisms of Crime Occurrence in the Harandi Neighborhood of Tehran

Extended Abstract Introduction: Today cities are the main place of human life in the world. In addition to creating opportunities, they have confronted modern human beings with numerous threats. In many metropolises, quantitative growth has surpassed the quality of people’s lives. This has made an increasing number of social problems in general, and resulted in the emergence of crimes in parti...