RT Article
T1 Inequality in exposure to crime, social disorganization and collective efficacy: evidence from Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 4
SP 1019
OP 1035
A1 Lymperopoulou, Kitty
A2 Bannister, Jon
A2 Krzemienieswska-Nandwani, Karolina
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1808709977
AB This paper assesses the relevance of social disorganization and collective efficacy in accounting for neighbourhood inequalities in the exposure to crime. Specifically, it questions the potential of community and voluntary organizations to enhance informal social control and reduce exposure to crime. It utilizes calls-for-service (incident) data for Greater Manchester (UK) and a Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling approach. Contrary to expectations, the research finds that measures of social disorganization (concentrated disadvantage aside) and collective efficacy hold a limited effect on neighbourhood exposure to crime. We discuss the implications of these findings for criminological inquiry and theoretical development, highlighting the necessity of such endeavour to account for the national political-economy and welfare regime of research settings
K1 Violent and nuisance crime
K1 Inequalities
K1 Concentrated disadvantage
K1 Social Disorganization
K1 Collective Efficacy
K1 Calls-for-service
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab106