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Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Sampson, Robert J., and W. Byron Groves. 1989. Community structure and crime: Testing social-disorganization theory. American Journal of Sociology 94, no. 4: 774-802. Reprinted in Frances Cullen and Velmer Burton, eds., Contemporary Criminological Theory. Dartmouth Publishing Co., 1994. Published Version http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/229068 Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3226955 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA

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Community Structure and Crime:Testing Social-Disorganization Theory

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Citation Sampson, Robert J., and W. Byron Groves. 1989. Communitystructure and crime: Testing social-disorganization theory.American Journal of Sociology 94, no. 4: 774-802. Reprintedin Frances Cullen and Velmer Burton, eds., ContemporaryCriminological Theory. Dartmouth Publishing Co., 1994.

Published Version http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/229068

Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3226955

Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASHrepository, and is made available under the terms and conditionsapplicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of-use#LAA

Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization TheoryAuthor(s): Robert J. Sampson and W. Byron GrovesSource: The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 94, No. 4 (Jan., 1989), pp. 774-802Published by: The University of Chicago PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2780858Accessed: 02/08/2009 23:30

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