Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces: A New Look at Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods
1999/11/01 by Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush · 2,484 citations
Engineering · Health Professions · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cohesion (chemistry) #Collective efficacy #Crime Patterns and Interventions #Criminology #Engineering #Homelessness and Social Issues #Informal social control #Psychology #Public space #Social control #Social psychology #Social science #Sociology #Spurious relationship #Statistics #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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published in American Journal of Sociology 105(3), 603-651 (University of Chicago Press)
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Abstract
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