Crime in Cities: The Effects of Formal and Informal Social Control
@article{Sampson1986CrimeIC, title={Crime in Cities: The Effects of Formal and Informal Social Control}, author={Robert J. Sampson}, journal={Crime and Justice}, year={1986}, volume={8}, pages={271 - 311} }
This study examines the structural determinants of robbery and homicide offending in 171 American cities with a population greater than 100,000 in 1980. A macro-level social control model is presented that focuses on the consequences for formal and informal social control of police aggressiveness, jail incarceration risk, state incarceration, and family structure. Controlling for known determinants of crime rates such as poverty, inequality, and racial composition, the general question posed is…
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