Ralph Taylor

Breaking Away From Broken Windows (eBook, ePUB)

Baltimore Neighborhoods And The Nationwide Fight Against Crime, Grime, Fear, And Decline

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Produktbeschreibung

In Breaking Away from Broken Windows Ralph Taylor uses data on recent Baltimore crime-reduction efforts to attack the 'broken windows' thesis--that is, the currently fashionable notion that by reducing or eliminating superficial signs of disorder (dilapidated buildings, graffiti, incivil behavior by teenagers, etc.), urban police deparments can make significant and lasting reductions in crime. Taylor argues that such measures, while useful, are only a partial solution to the problem at hand. His data supports a materialist view: changes in levels of physical decay, superficial social disorder, and racial composition do not lead to higher crime, while economic decline does. He contends that the Baltimore example shows that in order to make real, long-term reductions in crime, urban politicians, businesses, and community leaders must work together to improve the economic fortunes of those living in high-crime areas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429981647
• Artikelnr.: 52478910

Autorenporträt

Ralph Taylor

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms Part 1: Background on the Place, the Theory, and Policies
1. Introduction
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oakland, California
Focus
Incivilities, Disorder, Social Disorganization, Collective Efficacy, and Social Capital
Broader Theoretical and Empirical Context of Current Approaches
Evidence
The Argument and the Chapters Ahead
The "Bottom Line,"
Notes
References
2. The Baltimore Context, and Its Context
With Charles David Linne
The War Has Been Won?
Purpose
Changes in People, Housing, and Jobs
Changes in Crime: The City as a Whole
Baltimore Neighborhood Crime Rates
Shifting Incivilities, 1981-1994
Summary Comments on Changes
The Questions of Fear and Neighborhood Problems
In the News
Notes
References
3. The Incivilities Thesis: Theory, Measurement, and Policy
Organization
Variations on a Theme
Empirical Support for Hypotheses
A Theoretical Aside on Demographic and Structural Issues
From Theory to Research: Incivilities Indicators
Implications for Policy, Practice, and Theory
Notes
References Part 2: Quantitative Evidence on Origins and Impacts
4. Origins of Incivilities
A Story About One Broken Window
Focus and Organization
Perspectives on the Origins of Incivilities
An Unexciting, but Necessary, Methodological Aside on Change
Another Necessary, but Unexciting, Aside on Multilevel Models
Overview of Indicators, Outcomes, and Controls
Incivilities Observed
Incivilities As Perceived by Residents
Discussion
Notes
References
5. Impacts of Incivilities on Later Crime and Decline
A Systemic Perspective
Focus
Data and Analysis,
Changes on Decline Indicators in the 1980s
Crime Rate Changes
Predicting Decline
Discussion
Notes
References
6. Longitudinal Impacts of Incivilities on Reactions to Crime and Local Commitment
Reactions to Crime
Focus
Data and Analysis
Impacts of Specific Predictors
Clos