EXTENDING SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY: MODELING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COHESION, DISORDER, AND FEAR*

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00924.x
• Publication Date: 2006-03-07T23:16:21Z
• Authors: FRED E. MARKOWITZ; PAUL E. BELLAIR; ALLEN E. LISKA; JIANHONG LIU
• Keywords: Cohesion (chemistry); Fear of Crime

In this study, we build on recent social disorganization research, estimating models of the relationships between disorder, burglary, cohesion, and fear crime using a sample neighborhoods from three waves British Crime Survey. The results indicate that disorder has an indirect effect burglary through neighborhood cohesion. Although cohesion reduces nonrecursive show also Part is mediated by fear. Similar are obtained in models. Together, suggest feedback loop which decreases increase increasing fear, turn, further decreasing