Crime generators or social capital organizations? Examining the effects of places of worship on neighborhood crime
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282196
Abstract: Places of worship (POW) have traditionally been argued to have crime-reducing effects in neighborhoods because of their ability to produce social capital. Yet, the evidence for this proposition is surprisingly weak. Consequently, an alternative proposition,… read more here.
Keywords: places worship; social capital; crime generators; criminology ... See more keywords