@article{ref1,
title="The ecological context of interpersonal violence: from culture to collective efficacy",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2005",
author="Almgren, Gunnar",
volume="20",
number="2",
pages="218-224",
abstract="This brief essay outlines the progression over the last 20 years of ecological theories of interpersonal violence. The period between the present and the early 1980s began with a revival of cultural explanations of violence that paralleled the introduction of the neo-conservative social science and then witnessed a rediscovery of deficits based structural explanations of interpersonal violence under the broad rubric of social disorganization theory. The essay concludes with a more optimistic appraisal of recent refinements of social disorganization theory that consider the mediating effects of collective efficacy on urban crime and interpersonal violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260504267741",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260504267741"
}