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This volume presents recent theoretical arguments and empirical research on the relationship between crime and the structure of communities and whole societies. Focusing on the 'institutional-anomie' perspective and allied crime theories, the selections examine the impact on crime of the family, education, community organizations and social welfare institutions. An important theme of the volume is that vital social insitutions can cushion the effects of poverty and inequality on crime rates.

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'This is an extremely valuable collection for anyone interested in exploring in some depth the particular institutional strand within 'sociological criminology' and in gaining an insight into some of the fairly recent thinking and research among a sector of leading US criminologists.' The British Society of Criminology

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Richard Rosenfeld is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St Louis, USA. He has written widely on the social sources of violent crime. Professor Rosenfeld is a member of the US National Academy of Science's Committee on Law and Justice and a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. Contributors: Steven F. Messner, Richard Rosenfeld, Jon Gunnar Bernburg, Barbara Sims, Elliott Currie, Francis T. Cullen, Jukka Savolainen, Travis C. Pratt, Timothy W. Godsey, John B. Cullen, K. Praveen Parboteeah, Martin Hoegl, Mitchell B. Chamlin, John K. Cochran, Alex Piquero, Nicole Leeper Piquero, Michael O. Maume, Matthew R. Lee, Candice Batton, Gary Jensen, John K. Cochran, Thomas D. Stucky, Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, Mark A. Harris, Maria B. Velez, Karen Parker, John R. Sutton, Dina Rose, Todd Clear.

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