Neighborhood Disorganization and Social Control - Olga Siegmunt

Neighborhood Disorganization and Social Control

Case Studies from Three Russian Cities

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
XIII, 82 Seiten
2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-21589-1 (ISBN)
53,49 inkl. MwSt

This Brief presents a framework for understanding the role of school and neighborhood contexts in the development of self-control. Through the application of Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime and Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory, the authors of this Brief examine the importance of family socialization and school and neighborhood for self-control of youth in three Russian cities, replicating results from an earlier study in Germany.

The cases presented in the Brief found that family socialization is important for self-control, but it interacts with school and neighbourhood contexts. According to the study, school social control as a structural characteristic can lead to less delinquency, even if students did not develop self-control. Self-control mediates parental supervision and attachment to parents on one hand, and juvenile delinquency on the other hand. However it was not found to mediate neighbourhood context characteristics.

The results of the study provide a research framework that can be applied to other international, comparative contexts. It will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, as well as related fields such as Public Policy and Social Work.

Olga Siegmunt is an associate professor at the HafenCity University in Hamburg and a consultant for criminology research methods at the State Office for Criminal Investigation of Lower Saxony, Hanover, Germany. She has been teaching and researching in criminology for 20 years in several Universities in Germany and Russia. Her research interests include crime statistics, survey research, comparative studies, quantitative methods for social research, juvenile delinquency, and victimology. Dr. Siegmunt serves in the editorial board of the journal "Legal Science and Law Enforcement Practice". She has worked periodically for the first regular German Victim Survey, Victim Survey of Lower Saxony, since its beginning in 2012.

Introduction.- The General Theory of Crime.- The Neighborhood.- Context of School and Self-Control.- Theoretical Concepts and Hypotheses.- Methods, Procedures, Implementation of the Study, and Description of the Sample.- Variable Description and Descriptive Results: Aggregate Level.- Descriptive Results and Scale Analysis: Individual Level Variables.- Intraclass Correlation, Median Odds Ratio, and Ecological Reliability.- Results of Hypothesis Testing: Influences on the Family.- Results of Hypothesis Testing: Influences of the Neighborhood.- Results of Hypothesis Testing: Influences of the School.- Summary, Discussion, and Outlook.

"Olga Siegmunt's book presents the results of the criminological research in the three big Russian cities with about one million inhabitants and more. ... The author poses useful questions and then answers them afterwards. It allows readers to be involved in the thought process. The book can be recommended to a broad audience of criminologists, psychologists, educators, social workers, and so on. The results obtained can be successfully used to improve juvenile delinquency prevention measures, especially in social pedagogic fields." (Anastasiia Monner Lukash, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, January, 2017)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.2.2016
Reihe/Serie International and Comparative Criminology
SpringerBriefs in Criminology
Zusatzinfo XIII, 82 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Schlagworte Crime and Contexts • Criminology and Neighborhoods • Developmental and Life-Course Criminology • Juvenile Delinquency • Juvenile justice • Self-Control and Social Control • Situational Crime Prevention
ISBN-10 3-319-21589-2 / 3319215892
ISBN-13 978-3-319-21589-1 / 9783319215891
Zustand Neuware
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