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Participation and the social and physical environment of residential blocks: Crime and community context
Author(s) -
Perkins Douglas D.,
Florin Paul,
Rich Richard C.,
Wandersman Abraham,
Chavis David M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00922690
Subject(s) - salt lake , context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , sociology , politics , south carolina , health department , library science , police department , media studies , history , political science , law , criminology , archaeology , public health , public administration , medicine , paleontology , nursing , algorithm , structural basin , biology , computer science
We propose a framework for understanding the relationship of participation in block associations to a wide range of block-level variables (demographics, the built environment, crime, and the transient social and physical environment. Data were obtained from 48 New York City blocks using (a) a telephone survey of residents (n = 1,081), (b) the Block Environmental Inventory (BEI), (c) police records of reported crime, and (d) a survey of block association members (n = 469).