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

Amrhein, Kelly E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203

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2013, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
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.
Carolyn Tompsett, PhD (Advisor)
Eric Dubow, PhD (Committee Member)
Marie Tisak, PhD (Committee Member)
49 p.
Psychology
collective efficacy; neighborhood attachment; place attachment; juvenile delinquency

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  • Amrhein, K. E. (2013). Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Amrhein, Kelly. Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency. 2013. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Amrhein, Kelly. "Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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