Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0453762

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0453762

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Community variations in crime: A spatial and ecometric analysis. Collective Efficacy (CE) is a new theoretical construct (that has never been investigated in Australia). It is a task-specific process for mobilising social capital to tackle specific neighbourhood problems. Research in Chicago finds that communities with high levels of CE experience lower levels of violence regardless of poverty levels. We will conduct a spatial and ecometric analysis of CE and crime using a survey of 3000 residents in 50 Brisbane communities. We will compare similar data from Chicago and Stockholm to investigate the Australian contribution of CE to spatial crime patterns and its potential for future crime prevention programs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 24-08-2004

End Date: 23-08-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $250,112.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Criminology | Sustainable Development | Criminology | Urban Sociology And Community Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Class | Other social development and community services | Community services not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Class | Community services not elsewhere classified | Criminology | Other social development and community services | Sustainable Development | Urban Sociology And Community Studies

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