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emailThursday, November 1, 2012
POSTPONED: The Elusive Relationship between Communities and Crime: New Evidence from the South Bronx
The Elusive Relationship between Communities and Crime: New
Evidence from the South Bronx A discussion with Andres Rengifo and Lee Ann Slocum Perspetives on social capital and neighborhood social order
suggest that many community organizations including churches, block
associations and other groups enhance the public safety of their
immediate surroundings; however, the relationship between
organizations and crime has not been fully examined empirically or
theoretically. Little research has examined whether such a
relationship exists, and if so, whether this association varies
depending on the type of organization or local characteristics. We
answer these questions using data from 74 small neighborhoods in
the South Bronx and propose ways in which theory and policy can
better account for the ecological relationship between
organizations and crime. Andres F. Rengifo is an Assistant
Professor at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice and Research
Fellow in the Program in Criminal Justice at the Harvard Kennedy
School. His research examines how social control operates at the
neighborhood level and how it interacts with formal and informal
institutions. He is currently conducting a multi-year study of
"stop and frisk" police practices across New York City
neighborhoods in collaboration with researchers from the Vera
Institute of Justice.
Lee Ann Slocum received her PhD from the
University of Maryland and is currently an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the
University of Missouri – St. Louis. Her research
interests include ecological differences in the use of formal
social control; stability and change in offending over time; and
research methods. Her recent work has appeared in
Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Journal of
Research in Crime and Delinquency. Sponsored by the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and
Management and the Criminal Justice PIC. Light refreshments will be served.
- Location:Taubman 401
- Date:Thursday, November 1, 2012
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Time:1:30 PM
