Does Collective Efficacy Matter at the Micro Geographic Level?: Findings from a Study Of Street Segments

Many scholars argue that collective efficacy is not relevant to understanding crime at the microgeographic level. We examine variation in collective efficacy across streets with different levels of crime in Baltimore City, MD, and, then, employ multilevel modelling to assess this relationship. We fi...

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Main Author: Weisburd, David (Author)
Contributors: White, Clair ; Wooditch, Alese
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 60, Issue: 4, Pages: 873-891
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Keywords:
Baltimore
Collective efficacy
Crime and place
Crime hot spots
Street segments
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Summary:Many scholars argue that collective efficacy is not relevant to understanding crime at the microgeographic level. We examine variation in collective efficacy across streets with different levels of crime in Baltimore City, MD, and, then, employ multilevel modelling to assess this relationship. We find that people who live in crime hot spots have much lower levels of collective efficacy than people who live in non-hot spot streets and that this relationship persists when controlling for a large number of potential confounders both at the street and community levels. These findings suggest the importance of collective efficacy both in understanding and controlling crime at microgeographic units.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azaa007