Pockets of Crime: Broken Windows, Collective Efficacy and the Criminal Point of View

Pockets of Crime: Broken Windows, Collective Efficacy and the Criminal Point of View

by PeterKBSt.jean (Author)

Synopsis

Drawing on Chicago Police Department statistics and interviews with both law-abiding citizens and criminals in one of the city's highest-crime areas, this work demonstrates that drug dealers and robbers are primarily attracted to locations with businesses like liquor stores, fast food restaurants, and check-cashing outlets.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 26 Feb 2008

ISBN 10: 0226774988
ISBN 13: 9780226774985