From urban to suburban criminology: Understanding crime in America’s “safe” cities

Abstract

Simon Singer's [1] America's Safest City represents a new and innovative contribution to the criminological literature. It not only provides a fresh look at understanding crime in America, it sheds the light on a heretofore understudied part of the country, but one that is increasingly populated: Suburbia. Singer offers a new theoretical perspective which he calls "relational modernity." Because the perspective is so new, it is important to critically appraise and evaluate its merits. Thus, this special issue offers an overview and analysis of the book from four luminaries in criminology.

Sources of Social Support and Resilience Among Adolescents in Tangerang Regency

“…Geographically, this is supported by the condition of the region which is on the border between villages and cities known as sub-urban areas. Rocque and Posick (2017) explained the criteria for sub-urban areas that support the occurrence of criminal acts, namely the tendency for areas to be dark, quiet, and have an inadequate security system. Apart from that, rapid population growth, still high unemployment rates, educational disparities between districts/cities, welfare disparities between districts/cities, and crime-prone areas also support the increasing tendency to commit criminal acts in this area (Handayani, 2017).…”