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Criminality & mental illness
Levander, Sten Publication in Ethical aspects of mental health; : Nordic Council of Ministers (2012) Ethical aspects of mental health. Helsinki 2011 (Fall). Nordic Council of Ministers	other

Intra-neighborhood distribution of collective efficacy and disorder: ...
Gerell, Manne : The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (BRÅ) (2012) Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, June 11-13 2012	other

English abstract:

Spatial analysis of the distribution of crime and disorder often depart from the concept of neighborhood as geographical unit of analysis. Collective efficacy, the combination of working trust and expectations of a willingness to act for the common good, has been shown to tap into important social mechanisms that can explain the differences between neighborhoods. How such social mechanisms function in a neighborhood and how it impacts on spatial distribution of disorder within rather than between neighborhoods is rarely studied. In a case study of four Swedish neighborhoods differences within and between neighborhoods have been studied. Social networks, collective efficacy and indirectly the social construction of neighborhoods have been discussed in focus groups with residents of the neighborhoods and in key informant interviews with property managers and active members of local associations. Social boundaries within the neighborhoods emerge clearly from respondents’ stories with corresponding intra-neighborhood differences in respondents’ perceptions of collective efficacy, safety and disorder. Few respondents express any neighborhood-wide feelings of social cohesion which points toward the possibility that neighborhoods can be considered aggregates of smaller socio-spatial units. To study whether the socio-spatial units identified through the interviews differ in levels of physical disorder a systematic social observation (SSO) has been performed during 2011. The data have been analyzed both through aggregation based on social boundaries expressed in the interviews and through the use of density- and hotspot based methods where no pre-defined geographical units are needed. Results from the analysis of spatial distributionof physical disorder show that the social boundaries identified within neighborhoods matter in determining how disorder is distributed within the neighborhood. A preliminary conclusion is that the social mechanism of collective efficacy is best understood on much smaller units of analysis than typical neighborhoods.

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English abstract:	The relation between criminality and mental illness is very sensitive, stated Sten Levander. Usually people do not want to add to the stigma of mental illness. Also, social and psychological explanations of mental illness are preferred over biological or – even worse – genetic explanations.

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Gerell, Manne Publication in Konferensprogram till kartdagarna 2012; : Kartografiska sällskapet (2012) Kartdagarna, Jönköping, March 27-29 2012	other

Neighborhoods, Collective Efficacy, and the Case for Micro-Neighborho...
Gerell, Manne : The American Society of Criminology (2012) Annual meeting 2012 American Society of Criminology, Thinking about Context: Challanges for Crime and Justice, Chicago, Illinois, November 14-18	other

The Small Does Matter : Neighborhoods and spatial distribution of phy...
Gerell, Manne Conference paper in Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology Research Seminar Reports;54 : Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology (2012) The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology (NSfK)'s 54th Research Seminar, Selfoss, Iceland. 6-9 May, 2012.	conference PAPER