دانلود کتاب Urban Politics, Crime Rates, And Police Strength (Criminal Justice)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION......Page 12
CHAPTER 2: EXTANT RESEARCH ON CRIME AND POLICE STRENGTH......Page 16
Explaining City Crime Rates......Page 17
Politics and Crime......Page 30
Extant Research on Police Strength......Page 33
Politics and Policing......Page 39
Summing Up......Page 42
CHAPTER 3: INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES, CRIME, AND POLICE STRENGTH......Page 44
Political Resource Theory......Page 45
City Political Systems: The Legacy of Reform......Page 48
Institutional Resources and Crime......Page 61
Institutional Resources and Police Strength......Page 69
Summing Up......Page 73
CHAPTER 4: STUDY METHODOLOGY......Page 76
Data Sources......Page 77
Variables Used in the Analyses......Page 79
Statistical Models......Page 91
Descriptive Statistics......Page 94
Analysis of Residuals......Page 96
WLS Regression Results: Crime in 1991......Page 98
Institutional Resources and Crime in 1981......Page 106
Supplementary Analyses......Page 110
Interpreting the Current Results......Page 111
CHAPTER 6: URBAN POLITICS AND POLICE STRENGTH......Page 114
WLS Regression Results: Police Strength in 1991......Page 115
Comparing Police Employment in 1981 and 1991......Page 122
Supplementary Analyses......Page 123
Interpreting the Current Results......Page 125
Institutional Resources and Crime......Page 128
Institutional Resources and Police Strength......Page 132
Limitations and Directions for Future Research......Page 134
Conclusion......Page 138
REFERENCES......Page 140
APPENDICES......Page 170
H......Page 178
R......Page 179
W......Page 180