Divergent social worlds : neighborhood crime and the racial-spatial divide

Publication Data

• Title Divergent social worlds : neighborhood crime and the racial-spatial divide
• Author Ruth D. Peterson
• Contributors Lauren Joy Krivo, Russell Sage Foundation
• Publisher Russell Sage Foundation
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

Introduction : one hundred years and still counting
Racial structure, segregation, and crime
Divergent social worlds
The links between racialized community structures and crime
The spatial context of criminal inequality
Conclusions : implications of the racial-spatial divide.

Topics

• Crime and race :: United States
• Neighborhoods :: United States
• Spatial behavior :: United States
• Cities and towns :: Social aspects :: United States
• United States :: Social conditions :: 21st century
• United States

Divergent social worlds : neighborhood crime and the racial-spatial divide by Ruth D. Peterson. ISBN 9780871546937. Published by Russell Sage Foundation in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.