| NO. STORES REPORTED LOOTED |
0
|
1
|
4-5
|
8-9
|
>9
|
|
|
Extent of looting reported: In
my neighborhood, people were carrying things out of stores
|
5
|
29
|
67
|
83
|
93
|
**
|
| Social Problems |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unemployment is a problem in
my neighborhood
|
40
|
56
|
78
|
89
|
81
|
*
|
|
Economic Crime: Burglary of homes
and apartments is a problem in my neighborhood
|
46
|
31
|
48
|
47
|
57
|
*
|
|
Underground economic activity:
Quite a few people I know make all or part of their income from
selling stolen goods
|
20
|
19
|
26
|
37
|
51
|
**
|
|
Violent Crime: I've heard about
a fight in my neighborhood in which a weapon was used in the
past few months
|
32
|
27
|
47
|
47
|
52
|
**
|
|
Fear: A lot of people in this
neighborhood stay home after dark because they're afraid to
go outside by themselves
|
17
|
31
|
50
|
51
|
48
|
**
|
| Social Control: Formal Mechanisms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Police relationship with neighborhood
residents: Many of the police working in this neighborhood are
on bad terms with the people who live here
|
63
|
65
|
65
|
73
|
77
|
**
|
|
The police in this neighborhood
really don't respect the people who live here
|
65
|
64
|
68
|
78
|
82
|
**
|
|
Courts are unjust: Our legal
system is not fair to poor people
|
52
|
60
|
74
|
74
|
75
|
**
|
|
If you can't afford a good lawyer
you will not get justice in the courts
|
58
|
62
|
84
|
86
|
85
|
**
|
|
The legal system usually punishes
the small time criminals, while the big ones get away
|
67
|
81
|
89
|
93
|
92
|
**
|
| Social Control: Informal Mechanisms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Normative values regarding theft:
Since poor people don't make enough money to live on, they can
be expected to loot if they have the opportunity
|
26
|
41
|
44
|
57
|
77
|
**
|
|
It's O. K to steal as long as
you don't get caught
|
7
|
15
|
16
|
19
|
28
|
**
|
|
It's O. K to buy things even
when you know they have been stolen
|
17
|
30
|
23
|
37
|
41
|
**
|
|
Social Cohesion A lot of people
in this area are friendly and helpful
|
70
|
64
|
67
|
59
|
54
|
**
|
|
(Number of Respondents)
|
(159)
|
(79)
|
(144)
|
(81)
|
(85)
|
|
