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Title
Nopal En La Frente"": Latino(s) Perceptions of Disorder and Neighborhood Ethnicity
Description
Wilson and Kelling's (1982) broken windows theory (BWT) says that disorder causes crime at the neighborhood level. More specifically, this theory posits that perceptions of disorder increase fear of crime, which then reduces community involvement, making crime more likely. Recent studies show that race plays a pivotal role in people's perceptions of disorder. In short, people tend to associate race with low socioeconomic status, high arrest rates, and lack of policing. Therefore, race plays a central role in the BWT framework as it is linked to perceptions of disorder and crime. However, ethnicity is less well understood when analyzing the perceptions of disorder. To explore this further, the current study examines Latino responses regarding safety and ethnicity to a photograph depicting a religious mural of importance for the Mexican community (La Virgen de Guadalupe). This paper qualitatively analyzes a sample of 299 survey responses of undergraduate Latino students to better understand how Latinos recognize and identify their own culture/heritage and disorder. Implications for understanding ethnicity and broken windows theory are discussed.
Date Created
2015-05
Contributors
- Esparza, Karla N (Author)
- Wallace, Danielle (Thesis director)
- Ready, Justin (Committee member)
- Lyons, Christopher (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Social Transformation (Contributor)
- School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Contributor)
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Extent
30 pages
Language
eng
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2014-2015
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.29015
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minimal
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