Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency

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Main Author: Amrhein, Kelly E.
Language:English
Published: Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK 2013
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Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu13633442032021-08-03T05:20:49Z Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency Amrhein, Kelly E. Psychology collective efficacy neighborhood attachment place attachment juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency is a problem that is costly to both the individual offender as well as society at large. Previous research has examined many predictors of juvenile delinquency, including collective efficacy. Collective efficacy is a well established construct in the neighborhood literature, and is a measure of how cohesive residents are within a neighborhood as well as how effective residents are at controlling crime (Sampson & Raudenbush, 1997). Higher levels of collective efficacy are related to lower levels of delinquency, but less is known about variables that may influence the strength of this relationship. One proposed variable that may influence the strength of this relationship is neighborhood attachment (Burchfield, 2009). Neighborhood attachment is the deep emotional bond created through a social-psychological process that individuals form toward their neighborhoods over time (Comstock et al., 2010). This thesis proposed that at high levels of neighborhood attachment, the relationship between collective efficacy and neighborhood attachment will be stronger than at lower levels of neighborhood attachment. Moderation by neighborhood attachment was not supported. In addition, neighborhood attachment was found to be positively associated with delinquency. Implications for future research are discussed. 2013-04-10 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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language English
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topic Psychology
collective efficacy
neighborhood attachment
place attachment
juvenile delinquency
spellingShingle Psychology
collective efficacy
neighborhood attachment
place attachment
juvenile delinquency
Amrhein, Kelly E.
Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency
author Amrhein, Kelly E.
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title Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency
title_short Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency
title_full Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency
title_fullStr Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency
title_full_unstemmed Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency
title_sort neighborhood attachment as a moderator of the relationship between collective efficacy and delinquency
publisher Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK
publishDate 2013
url http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203
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