Images of community in criminological thought--Community as socially disorganized--
Community as a system--Community as the truly disadvantaged--Community as a criminal …

This article is a theoretical analysis of the concept of community in criminology. It imports a
critique of the concept from urban sociology, where a guiding question has been over the …

Intended for the reader with a background in criminal justice system theory and operations,
the book begins with a consideration of two basic schools of criminal justice thought …

Although not a panacea, community organizations have particular strengths that they bring
to crime prevention: generating and sustaining participation, generating a broader …

The concepts of" community" in general, and" social disorganization" in particular, have
made remarkable comebacks in criminological discourse. Once relegated to the intellectual …

Community justice is a phenomenon of growing interest among academics, policy makers,
and criminal justice practitioners. The term reflects the increasing collaboration between …

Between 1960 and 1990 crime rates in the United States increased dramatically: murder
rates rose from 5.0 to 9.4 per 100,000; aggravated assaults increased from 85 to 424 per …

The idea of ''community''is at once compelling and frustrating. Indeed, few would disagree
that at some fundamental level a community's social context matters for crime. Yet the …

In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in justice approaches that turn their attention
toward the community. There are literally hundreds of examples of this trend, from offender …

As seems befitting a Sutherland lecture, I would like to turn to the intellectual home of the so-
called “Chicago School.” It is a place that Sutherland inhabited, at least for a time, and it is …