Social Capital, Too Much of a Good Thing? American Religious Traditions and Community Crime

Beyerlein, Kraig; Hipp, John R.

doi:10.1353/sof.2006.0004

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“…For instance, in the context of social capital and violent crime, Messner et al (2004) found that whilst social trust was related to homicide rates, social activism was associated with homicide. Beyerlein and Hipp (2005), who found that the bridging social capital activities of mainstream Catholics and Protestants lowered crime in a community whereas the bonding activities of evangelical Protestants tended to increase crime, argued that "the different forms of social capital that groups cultivate in communities can constrain or facilitate outcomes that are desirable for communities as a whole" (p.1007). Similarly, in the context of sustainability, the pattern of findings in this research indicates that building social capital may foster prevailing visible home water use behaviours; hence, for social capital to foster sustainable behaviours, they must be, or have the capacity to become, the norm in the community.…”

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The Impact of Social Capital on Residential Water-Affecting Behaviors in a Drought-Prone Australian Community

Miller

Buys

2008

Society & Natural Resources

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Australians report the second highest rate of water consumption in the industrialised world, despite the continent's generally dry conditions. With researchers suggesting that fostering social capital may encourage people to work together on environmental and sustainable initiatives, this article explores whether social capital, environmental responsibility, and socio-demographic lifestyle factors might predict environmentally-friendly or unfriendly home water use behaviours, specifically gardening and

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The Impact of Social Capital on Residential Water-Affecting Behaviors in a Drought-Prone Australian Community

Miller

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2008

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“…First, Beyerlein and Hipp (2005) differentiate between bonding and bridging social capital and argue that groups characterized by bonding social capital are not effective in creating an environment of informal social control to deal with the threat of crime, whereas groups with extensive bridging social capital are more effective in creating such foundations. 9…”

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“…Bonding social capital increases community social capital within groups, but may also reduce overall social capital by restricting links among groups. Beyerlein and Hipp (2005) use the percentage of mainline Protestant and Catholics as a proxy for bridging social capital as they involve in community wide volunteering, and the percentage of Evangelical Protestants as a proxy for bonding social capital because Evangelical Protestants are more likely to involve in voluntary activities within their group but not in a wider community.…”

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The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Akçomak

Weel

2012

Regional Science and Urban Economics

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This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime is so heterogeneous across space. By employing current and historical data for Dutch municipalities and by providing novel indicators to measure social capital, we find a link between social capital and crime. Our results suggest that higher levels of social capital are associated with lower crime rates and that municipalities' historical states in terms of population heterogeneity, religiosity and education affect current levels of social capital. Social capital indicators explain about 10 percent of the observed variance in crime. It is also shown why some social capital indicators are more useful than others in a robustness analysis.JEL classification: A13; A14; K42; Z13

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“…As Putnam (2000) noted, bonding social capital builds strong ties among the members within a group, whereas bridging social capital captures social ties that bridge between groups. One study posited that this distinction has consequences for the network structure of the larger community, and found evidence that this was related to county crime rates (Beyerlein and Hipp 2005). When considering how a larger 8 community reacts to a foreclosure crisis, the degree of bridging or bonding social capital may be important.…”

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Foreclosures and crime: A city-level analysis in Southern California of a dynamic process

Hipp

Chamberlain

2015

Social Science Research

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Although a growing body of research has examined and found a positive relationship between neighborhood crime and home foreclosures, some research suggests this relationship may not hold in all cities. This study uses city-level data to assess the relationship between foreclosures and crime by estimating longitudinal models with lags for monthly foreclosure and crime data in 128 cities from 1996 to 2011 in Southern California. We test whether these effects are stronger in cities with a combination of high economic inequality and high economic segregation; and whether they are stronger in cities with high racial/ethnic heterogeneity and high racial segregation. One month, and cumulative three month, six month, and 12-month lags of foreclosures are found to increase city level crime for all crimes except motor vehicle theft. The effect of foreclosures on these crime types is stronger in cities with simultaneously high levels of inequality but low levels of economic segregation. The effect of foreclosures on aggravated assault, robbery, and burglary is stronger in cities with simultaneously high levels of racial heterogeneity and low levels of racial segregation. On the other hand, foreclosures had a stronger effect on larceny and motor vehicle theft when they occurred in a city with simultaneously high levels of racial heterogeneity and high levels of racial segregation. There is evidence that the foreclosure crisis had large scale impacts on cities, leading to higher crime rates in cities hit harder by foreclosures. Nonetheless, the economic and racial characteristics of the city altered this effect.Keywords: cities; crime; foreclosures; social distance; social capital; segregation. Alyssa W. Chamberlain is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology and CriminalJustice at Arizona State University. Her research interests focus on the nexus between neighborhood dynamics and crime, more specifically, the spatial and temporal relationship between neighborhood structural characteristics, social inequality and crime and how those factors shape how neighborhoods change over time. She also examines issues related to prisoner reentry and corrections. Whereas recent studies have focused on the relationship between foreclosures and crime at the geographic level of neighborhoods, there are various reasons why the impact of foreclosures may be felt at even larger geographic units such as cities. For one thing, the large magnitude of the foreclosure crisis implies that entire cities may experience very high rates of foreclosures. If this is indeed the case, do these cities suffer a rise in the level of crime as a consequence? Furthermore, the larger city context within which neighborhoods are situated likely plays a critical role in determining how the community may respond to various economic and financial hardships (Logan and Molotch 1987), such as the housing crisis. This implies that certain cities may be better equipped to redress various social problems that may arise. For example, although foreclosures...

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Social Capital, Too Much of a Good Thing? American Religious Traditions and Community Crime

Cited by 199 publications

References 53 publications

The Impact of Social Capital on Residential Water-Affecting Behaviors in a Drought-Prone Australian Community

The Impact of Social Capital on Residential Water-Affecting Behaviors in a Drought-Prone Australian Community

The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Foreclosures and crime: A city-level analysis in Southern California of a dynamic process

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