ECOLOGY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A. BERSANI - SEE NCJ-06248)

• NCJ Number: 10194
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM CRIME AND THE INNER CITY, TASK FORCE REPORT, BY PRES COM, GPO, 1967, CH. 4, P 60-76

Annotation

SURVEY OF STUDIES WHICH TRY TO ESTABLISH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH CRIME NEIGHBORHOODS BY ANALYZING GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME RATES IN CITIES.

Abstract

WHILE THESE STUDIES WERE UNDERTAKEN IN DIFFERENT CITIES, IN DIFFERENT REGIONS, AND IN TIME PERIODS RANGING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY, THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT THERE IS A GREAT DEGREE OF CONSISTENCY IN CRIME LOCATION PATTERNS IN ALL OF THE CITIES STUDIED. IT CAN BE GENERALIZED THAT THE CENTRAL SEGMENT OF MOST CITIES HAS THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE, THAT THE BREAKDOWN OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS AND THE DISRUPTION OF ROLES OFTEN ACCOUNTS FOR INCREASE IN CRIME, THAT THERE IS A HIGH DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DELINQUENCY RATES AND THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND THAT WHEN NATIONALITY GROUPS ASSIMILATE INTO AMERICAN LIFE THE RATES OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY DISAPPEAR.