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This research tests Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime as an explanation for gender differences in the delinquency of approximately 2,000 Canadian secondary school students. Separate psychological factors, including a preference for risk seeking, impulsivity, temper, present oriented, and carelessness, are used as measures of self‐control, and additional measures of the construct are taken from the frequency of self‐reported smoking and drinking. Elements of delinquent opportunity are controlled for by including measures of parental/adult super‐vision. These measures and their interactions are used to predict self‐reported general delinquency, property offenses, violence, and drug offenses. Results provide partial support for the general theory, revealing relationships between measures of self‐control and delinquency that vary by magnitude across genders and for different offense types. Implications for the generality of the theory are discussed.

This article examines the influence of perceived social diversity on fear of crime among residents of urban neighborhoods. Perception of social diversity may lead to feelings of uncertainty in the environment, which in turn leads to increased levels of fear. Urban planning issues raised by perceived heterogeneity are addressed as are issues raised in the fear of crime literature. For purposes of analysis age is treated as a covariate and fear levels are related to both age groupings and to demographic and perception of diversity variables. Analysis reveals that levels of fear vary by age grouping and that the perceived social diversity variables affect the age groupings differentially.

Qualitative research for students and professionals -- Qualitative analysis as an iterative process -- An introduction to qualitative data analysis software -- Field notes and observations -- Semi-structured interviewing -- Focus groups -- Online qualitative interviewing and focus groups -- Content analysis -- Dissemination of qualitative findings.

This edited book examines trends, outcomes and future directions of U.S. fair and affordable housing policy. It focuses on four areas of interest: fair housing policy, affordable housing finance, equitable approaches to land use, rent vouchers, and homeownership policy.