INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, DELINQUENCY, AND SOCIAL POLICY IN THE INNER CITY (FROM JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, 1976 BY MALCOLM W KLEIN - SEE NCJ-35005)

• NCJ Number: 35007
• Author(s): I A SPERGEL
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 45 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN INTERORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS OF FOUR CHICAGO COMMUNITIES IS PRESENTED TO ILLUSTRATE HOW VARIATIONS IN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ARE RELATED TO VARIATIONS IN DELINQUENCY AND ITS CONTROL.

Abstract

IN THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION OF THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR PROVIDES BACKGROUND INFORMATION, A PRELIMINARY MODEL OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, AND DATA ON POPULATION AND DELINQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS OF FOUR INNER CITY CHICAGO AREAS - HEART OF CHICAGO (LABELED AS A 'COMMUNAL' COMMUNITY), PILSEN (A 'PLURALIST' COMMUNITY), LITTLE VILLAGE (A 'TRANSITIONAL' COMMUNITY), AND NEAR WEST SIDE (A 'CONTROLLED' COMMUNITY). THE AUTHOR THEN COMPARES ASPECTS OF THESE COMMUNITY STRUCTURES AND THEIR RELATION TO UNITS OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. A TYPOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES IS THEN DEVELOPED WHICH FOCUSES ON THE GENERATION OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF DELINQUENCY. FINALLY, CURRENT STRATEGIES OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ARE ANALYZED AND CRITICIZED IN LIGHT OF THE FINDINGS ON COMMUNITY STRUCTURES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)