Participation and the social and physical environment of residential blocks: Crime and community context | Zendy

Perkins Douglas D. | Zendy; Florin Paul | Zendy; Rich Richard C. | Zendy; Wandersman Abraham | Zendy; Chavis David M. | Zendy

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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).

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