Community variations in crime: A spatial and ecometric analysis

集体效能（CE）是一种新的理论建构（在澳大利亚从未被研究过）。这是动员社会资本解决具体社区问题的具体任务进程。芝加哥的研究发现，无论贫困程度如何，CE水平高的社区暴力水平较低。我们将对布里斯班50个社区的3000名居民进行调查，对CE和犯罪进行空间和生态计量学分析。我们将比较芝加哥和斯德哥尔摩的类似数据，以调查澳大利亚的CE对空间犯罪模式的贡献及其对未来犯罪预防计划的潜力。

Collective Efficacy (CE) is a new theoretical construct (that has never been investigated in Australia). It is a task-specific process for mobilising social capital to tackle specific neighbourhood problems. Research in Chicago finds that communities with high levels of CE experience lower levels of violence regardless of poverty levels. We will conduct a spatial and ecometric analysis of CE and crime using a survey of 3000 residents in 50 Brisbane communities. We will compare similar data from Chicago and Stockholm to investigate the Australian contribution of CE to spatial crime patterns and its potential for future crime prevention programs.