Social Capital and Aggressive Behavior

Gatti, Uberto; Tremblay, Richard E.

doi:10.1007/s10610-007-9059-y

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“…Collective efficacy has both long term effects on socialization and short term effects on informal social control with a high level of social organization through collective efficacy signaling an ability to monitor and intervene against unwanted behavior (Wikström et al 2012: 35;Wikström & Sampson 2003;Loeber & Wikström 2000;Kornhauser 1978: 38-40;Gatti & Tremblay 2007). The short term effect through informal social control affects crime rates through "variation in the abilities of local communities to regulate and control the behavior of their residents and visitors" (Bursik & Grasmick 1993: 24; see also Wikström et al 2012: 34).…”

Section: Collective Efficacy Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Collective Efficacy, Neighborhood and Geographical Units of Analysis: Findings from a Case Study of Swedish Residential Neighborhoods

Gerell

2014

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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Section: Collective Efficacy Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Collective Efficacy, Neighborhood and Geographical Units of Analysis: Findings from a Case Study of Swedish Residential Neighborhoods

Gerell

2014

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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“…Nevertheless, one can draw conclusions about school social capital from its varying operationalizations. Studies have demonstrated stable relationships between adolescents’ social capital and their academic success (Haghighat 2005), levels of aggressive behaviors in school (Gatti and Tremblay 2007), and social adjustment (Dufur, Parcel, and McKune 2008). While social capital is rarely a dependent variable in studies relating to schools, its mediating effect on academic performance allows us to make predictions about the factors that affect school social capital.…”

Section: Determinants Of Social Capital In the Current Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, similar to the findings in neighborhood‐level studies, school size has been shown to relate negatively to adolescent social capital formation. Adolescents in larger schools experience a greater sense of not belonging and are more often subjected to victimization and disruptive behaviors from fellow students (Gatti and Tremblay 2007).…”

Section: Determinants Of Social Capital In the Current Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Capital: A Developmental Approach to Adolescent Social Capital Formation*

Weiss

2012

Sociological Inquiry

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Previous scholarship has demonstrated the importance of individual characteristics and structural context for understanding social capital formation. However, a developmental approach to social capital formation has, so far, been absent. In this study, I argue that social capital formation must be understood intergenerationally as well as structurally. Using hierarchical linear modeling, I investigate the hypothesized intergenerational transmission of social capital using Waves 1 and 2 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The results show that, in addition to individual characteristics, neighborhood-level factors, and school-level variables, parental social capital is an important predictor of adolescent social capital. This study also suggests that the intergenerational transmission of social capital functions, in part, through family structure and that structural differences account for only a relatively small share of the variation in adolescent social capital. Potential explanations for these findings are discussed.

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“…Harding (2014) enhances the concept of "street capital" in his analysis of gangs in London by demonstrating how "[t]he neighbourhood brand name acts as a reputational moniker against which gang members' own street capital is ultimately measured" (2014: 157). Finally, scholars have discussed the relationship between violence and aggressive behaviour and social capital in gangs (Gatti and Tremblay 2007;McIlwaine and Moser 2001).…”

Section: Social Capital and Gang Initiationmentioning

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Social Rituals of Pain: The Socio-Symbolic Meaning of Violence in Gang Initiations

Murer

Schwarze

2020

Int J Polit Cult Soc

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Much of criminological scholarship on street gangs focuses on the deviant and delinquent aspects of gang violence. Although the research tradition acknowledges that violence is central to the life in a gang, it often labels this form of violence as an “anti-social” behaviour. This article challenges this conceptualisation of gang violence and proposes instead that gang violence is a social performance. By using the example of gang initiation rites, this article suggests that violence in such rites possesses a socio-symbolic and performative function that informs about the social status of gang members. This article draws on Jeffrey Stevenson Murer’s theory of the performative and communicative function of violence as well as on Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of social field, habitus and social capital in order to demonstrate that violence during gang initiation rites is an inherently social act that reinforces and strengthens the social ties and bonds among the members of a gang. The aim of this piece is to broaden scholarship on gangs towards a more critical theorisation of the performative and communicative functions of gang violence. We suggest that a stronger engagement with critical social theory on collective identity, violence and social capital can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the socio-symbolic and cultural processes that underlie gang membership.

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Social Capital and Aggressive Behavior

Cited by 11 publications

References 69 publications

Collective Efficacy, Neighborhood and Geographical Units of Analysis: Findings from a Case Study of Swedish Residential Neighborhoods

Collective Efficacy, Neighborhood and Geographical Units of Analysis: Findings from a Case Study of Swedish Residential Neighborhoods

The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Capital: A Developmental Approach to Adolescent Social Capital Formation*

Social Rituals of Pain: The Socio-Symbolic Meaning of Violence in Gang Initiations

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