@article{ref1,
title="Social Structure and Crime Control Among Macrosocial Units",
journal="American journal of sociology",
year="1984",
author="Liska, Allen E. and Chamlin, Mitchell B.",
volume="90",
number="2",
pages="383-395",
abstract="Recent research, drawing on the conflict perspective, has examined the effect of the racial/economic composition of macrosocial units on the capacity for crime control (arrest rates). The results show that there is considerable variation in arrest rates between cities and that racial/economic composition substantially affects them, independently of reported crime rates. The effects are specified by type of arrest (property and personal) and race of offender (white and non-white).<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-9602",
doi="10.1086/228084",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/228084"
}