Urban Politics, Crime Rates, and Police Strength (Hardcover, New Ed.)

Stucky argues, using insights from political resource theory, that the local political context (form of government, city council structure and partisanship of elections) affects the ability of citizens to make their concerns heard in local government and, consequently, their ability to organize against crime. Additionally, he argues that local political systems that are more susceptible to citizen pressure will have relatively more police. These hypotheses are tested on U.S. cities with 25,000 or more residents in 1991. Results suggest that the effect of social disorganization on crime rates depends on the local political system. Results also suggest that the relative size of police departments in 1991 varies by local political context.

General

Imprint:	LFB Scholarly Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	April 2005
Authors:	Thomas D. Stucky
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	180
Edition:	New Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-59332-090-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	1-59332-090-6
Barcode:	9781593320904

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