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Identifying a spatial scale for the analysis of residential burglary: An empirical framework based on point pattern analysis by Alazawi, Mohammed A, Jiang, Shiguo, Messner, Steven F

“…A key issue in the spatial and temporal analysis of residential burglary is the choice of scale: spatial patterns might differ appreciably for different time…”
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When West Meets East: Generalizing Theory and Expanding the Conceptual Toolkit of Criminology by Messner, Steven F.

“…This paper considers the ways in which established criminological theories born and nurtured in the West might need to be transformed to be applicable to the…”
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IMMIGRATION AND THE RECENT VIOLENT CRIME DROP IN THE UNITED STATES: A POOLED, CROSS-SECTIONAL TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF METROPOLITAN AREAS by STOWELL, JACOB I., MESSNER, STEVEN F., MCGEEVER, KELLY F., RAFFALOVICH, LAWRENCE E.

“…A good deal of research in recent years has revisited the relationship between immigration and violent crime. Various scholars have suggested that, contrary to…”
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Immigrant Threat, Political Articulation by Extreme Right Parties and Support for Capital Punishment: A Multilevel Analysis of European Countries by Piatkowska, Sylwia J, Abreu Rivera, Laisa F, Messner, Steven F

“…Abstract This study examines connections between the political articulation of immigration by extreme right parties, perceived immigrant threat, and support…”
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Review Symposium: Respectable Citizens—Shady Practices: The Economic Morality of the Middle Classes by Benson, Michael L, Messner, Steven F, Levi, Mike, Farrall, Stephen, Karstedt, Susanne

“…Emile 'Durkheim (1938 [1895])' famously argued that crime is normal and exists in all societies, indeed even in a society of saints, because it is needed to…”
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Explaining spatial variation in support for capital punishment: A multilevel analysis by BAUMER, Eric P, MESSNER, Steven F, ROSENFELD, Richard

“…This research examines the effects of social context on support for the death penalty using individual-level data from the 1974-1998 General Social Survey…”
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Dimensions of Social Capital and Rates of Criminal Homicide by Messner, Steven F., Baumer, Eric P., Rosenfeld, Richard

“…Robert Putnam comprehensively analyzes the multidimensional nature of social capital and makes a persuasive argument for its relevance to various community…”
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Marketization and crime in contemporary China: Puzzles for criminological theorizing by Messner, Steven F.

“…The purpose of my Sutherland Address is to explore the potential utility of elaborating and adapting the analytic framework of Institutional Anomie Theory…”
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STRUCTURAL COVARIATES OF U.S. COUNTY HOMICIDE RATES: INCORPORATING SPATIAL EFFECTS by BALLER, ROBERT D., ANSELIN, LUC, MESSNER, STEVEN F., DEANE, GLENN, HAWKINS, DARNELL F.

“…Spatial analysis is statistically and substantively important for macrolevel criminological inquiry. Using county‐level data for the decennial years in the…”
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Institutional Imbalance, Marketized Mentality, and the Justification of Instrumental Offenses: A Cross-National Application of Institutional Anomie Theory by Hövermann, Andreas, Messner, Steven F.

“…The present study builds upon prior research that has suggested that the social psychological concept of "marketized mentality" (MM) can serve as a conceptual…”
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Individual, Family Background, and Contextual Explanations of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Youths' Exposure to Violence by ZIMMERMAN, Gregory M, MESSNER, Steven F

“…We used data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods to examine the extent to which individual, family, and contextual factors account…”
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Innovation and Tradition (Editorial to Volume 11, 2017) by Bohner, Gerd, Crutchfield, Robert D, Messner, Steven F, Zick, Andreas

“…In its eleventh year, the International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV) is introducing a number of innovations designed to improve communication among…”
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NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL CONTROL AND PERCEPTIONS OF CRIME AND DISORDER IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN CHINA by ZHANG, LENING, MESSNER, STEVEN F., ZHANG, SHELDON

“…By drawing on the two streams of Western literature on “neighborhood effects” and perceptions of neighborhood disorder adapted to the distinctive…”
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Neighborhood Context and the Gender Gap in Adolescent Violent Crime by Zimmerman, Gregory M., Messner, Steven F.

“…Research consistently demonstrates that females engage in less criminal behavior than males across the life course, but research on the variability of the…”
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MORALITY, MARKETS, AND THE ASC: 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY by MESSNER, STEVEN F.

“…This Presidential Address explores the possibilities for fruitful multilevel theorizing in criminology by proposing an integration of insights from situational…”
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Marketization and anti-immigrant attitudes in cross-national perspective by Hövermann, Andreas, Messner, Steven F.

“…This study builds upon an evolving research agenda by assessing the utility of three predictors of anti-immigrant attitudes: a “marketized mentality,” its…”
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Institutions, Anomie, and Violent Crime: Clarifying and Elaborating Institutional-Anomie Theory by Messner, Steven F, Thome, Helmut, Rosenfeld, Richard

“…A limited but accumulating body of research and theoretical commentary offers support for core claims of the "institutional-anomie theory" of crime (IAT) and…”
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The Enduring Influence of Cohort Characteristics on Race-Specific Homicide Rates by Vogel, Matt, Thompson, Kristina J, Messner, Steven F

“…Abstract This study extends research on cohort effects and crime by considering how bifurcated population dynamics and institutional constraints explain…”
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Social Trust, Firearm Prevalence, and Homicide by Rosenfeld, Richard, PhD, Baumer, Eric, PhD, Messner, Steven F., PhD

“…Purpose Past research suggests that Americans arm themselves when they do not trust one another. We reexamine the relationship between social trust and firearm…”
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Group Threat, Same-Sex Marriage, and Hate Crime Based on Sexual Orientation by Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Messner, Steven F.

“…Prior research has begun the task of assessing the applicability of group threat theory to explain sexual orientation hate crime. Drawing upon this…”
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