Craig D. Uchida is president of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. and received his doctorate from the University of Albany.Marc L. Swatt is senior research associate and statistician with Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.Shellie E. Solomon is chief executive officer of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc., and is a doctoral student at the University of Masstricht.Sean P. Varano is associate professor in the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University.

The approaches to fostering collective efficacy in local neighborhoods has been key to the work that is being done across various neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The work outlined in this book was instrumental in allowing us to also measure the impact of collective efficacy and to frame critical discussions with our partners in law enforcement and across the community. This work is essential to furthering the approach of community policing across urban communities in the U.S.

• Chapter 1: Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy Chapter 2: Methodology Chapter 3: Psychometric Properties of the New Collective Efficacy ScaleChapter 4: The Relationships between Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion and Outcome VariablesChapter 5: Assessing Heterogeneity in Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion across NeighborhoodsChapter 6: Exploring the Predictors of Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Perceptions of Social CohesionChapter 7: Within Neighborhood Variation in Collective Efficacy and Social CohesionChapter 8: Conclusions and Discussion for Future ResearchChapter 9: Conclusions and Discussion for Future Policy

Craig D. Uchida is president of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. and received his doctorate from the University of Albany.Marc L. Swatt is senior research associate and statistician with Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.Shellie E. Solomon is chief executive officer of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc., and is a doctoral student at the University of Masstricht.Sean P. Varano is associate professor in the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University.

The approaches to fostering collective efficacy in local neighborhoods has been key to the work that is being done across various neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The work outlined in this book was instrumental in allowing us to also measure the impact of collective efficacy and to frame critical discussions with our partners in law enforcement and across the community. This work is essential to furthering the approach of community policing across urban communities in the U.S.

• Chapter 1: Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy Chapter 2: Methodology Chapter 3: Psychometric Properties of the New Collective Efficacy ScaleChapter 4: The Relationships between Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion and Outcome VariablesChapter 5: Assessing Heterogeneity in Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion across NeighborhoodsChapter 6: Exploring the Predictors of Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Perceptions of Social CohesionChapter 7: Within Neighborhood Variation in Collective Efficacy and Social CohesionChapter 8: Conclusions and Discussion for Future ResearchChapter 9: Conclusions and Discussion for Future Policy

Craig D. Uchida is president of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. and received his doctorate from the University of Albany.Marc L. Swatt is senior research associate and statistician with Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.Shellie E. Solomon is chief executive officer of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc., and is a doctoral student at the University of Masstricht.Sean P. Varano is associate professor in the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University.

The approaches to fostering collective efficacy in local neighborhoods has been key to the work that is being done across various neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The work outlined in this book was instrumental in allowing us to also measure the impact of collective efficacy and to frame critical discussions with our partners in law enforcement and across the community. This work is essential to furthering the approach of community policing across urban communities in the U.S.

• Chapter 1: Community, Crime Control, and Collective Efficacy Chapter 2: Methodology Chapter 3: Psychometric Properties of the New Collective Efficacy ScaleChapter 4: The Relationships between Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion and Outcome VariablesChapter 5: Assessing Heterogeneity in Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Social Cohesion across NeighborhoodsChapter 6: Exploring the Predictors of Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Perceptions of Social CohesionChapter 7: Within Neighborhood Variation in Collective Efficacy and Social CohesionChapter 8: Conclusions and Discussion for Future ResearchChapter 9: Conclusions and Discussion for Future Policy