NCJ Number
309874
Date Published
2013
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This paper examines the measurement of collective efficacy in urban and rural populations.
Abstract
This study measure collective efficacy by exploring the possibility that residents of a rural area may differently perceive accepted social values than people who reside in an urban area. This idea is further explored in the context of common measures of community collective efficacy and how they are related to reporting violent victimization between different ethnic groups located in a rural area. The concept of community collective efficacy suggests that people who share the same values will come together to solve community-level problems.