Location
Greenspun Hall, UNLV
Description
At the core of the social disorganization perspective is the notion that neighborhood structural factors (i.e., socio-economic status, residential mobility, racial heterogeneity, family disruption, and urbanization) disrupt a community’s ability to self-regulate, which in turn leads to crime and delinquency.
Exogenous neighborhood characteristics believed to be causally linked to crime and delinquency are consistently derived from official Census data and endogenous community characteristics are typically measured from self-reported surveys.
The body of literature supporting the social disorganization explanation of criminogenic places is growing and supports the idea that neighborhood structural determinants of crime influence residents’ feelings of social capital and collective efficacy, which in turn explains variations in levels of neighborhood crime.
It is unclear, however, whether individuals’ feelings of life satisfaction and/or negative emotionality mediate this dynamic.
Keywords
Crime; Crime prevention; Neighborhoods
Disciplines
Criminology | Demography, Population, and Ecology | Inequality and Stratification
Language
English
Included in
Criminology Commons, Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons
Examining the Role of Life Satisfaction and Negative Emotionality in a Social Disorganization Framework
Greenspun Hall, UNLV
At the core of the social disorganization perspective is the notion that neighborhood structural factors (i.e., socio-economic status, residential mobility, racial heterogeneity, family disruption, and urbanization) disrupt a community’s ability to self-regulate, which in turn leads to crime and delinquency.
Exogenous neighborhood characteristics believed to be causally linked to crime and delinquency are consistently derived from official Census data and endogenous community characteristics are typically measured from self-reported surveys.
The body of literature supporting the social disorganization explanation of criminogenic places is growing and supports the idea that neighborhood structural determinants of crime influence residents’ feelings of social capital and collective efficacy, which in turn explains variations in levels of neighborhood crime.
It is unclear, however, whether individuals’ feelings of life satisfaction and/or negative emotionality mediate this dynamic.