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Fear of Crime Among Inner-City African Americans - Scott, Yolanda M, and McShane, Marilyn D (Editor), and Williams, Frank P (Editor)
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Scott uses a systemic social-control approach to explain inner-city African Americans? fear of crime from their perspective. Perceptions of neighborhood disorder (intra-community control) and views of local police (extra-community control) predict fear of local violent and property crime. Perceived crime-risk is a mediating factor between these fears and the two systemic factors. The systemic argument was supported: perceived local disorder and negative views of police increased residents? fear of crime. Central to any ...

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Fear of Crime Among Inner-City African Americans 2001, LFB Scholarly Publishing, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781931202053

Hardcover