Social Organizations in Urban Neighborhoods

Browning, Feinberg, and Dietz (2004) attempt to explore why certain areas and neighborhoods have higher levels of crime and look at the type of social structure established in the area. The authors look at both the interplay between social organization and collective efficacy in attempting to explain crime levels in neighborhoods. The authors point out that social networks not only support collective efficacy but may also serve to give avenues to criminals. The authors attempt to examine how collective efficacy is able to work within social networks against crime. For more.