CRIM 3654 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Broken Windows Theory, Social Disorganization Theory, Group Cohesiveness
8 Apr 2015
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Neighborhood and community: community as unit of analysis, community-based initiatives, neighborhoods are more about physical space, and community is the people who make up the neighborhood. From environments to neighborhoods" and communities": from physical to the social environment. Neighborhood vs. community neighborhoods are tied to property and home ownership. Whereas community extends beyond that institution of property such as social and normative relationships: the meaning of community depending on your understanding of community, you can have different prevention programs. Community is the place where problems are addressed: community as a social body a living organism, and needs to be evaluated as a larger aggregate and larger unit. As a social body communities can be sick and become disorganized and disadvantaged. These definitions overlook communities in terms of their larger context and to think about how larger context and economic forces shape communities and profound ways. For example, housing policies and the nature of housing units has an impact on communities.
