Introduction
For much of the twentieth century criminologists wrestled with questions regarding how community context affects crime. Most of the research that arose from these questions was based on social disorganization theory, and addressed how neighborhood context affected the quantity of crime. Recently, however, questions regarding the effects of neighborhood context on crime have been broadened to also address potential variation in the nature of crime. This is an important next step in further understanding the community context of crime. As Kubrin (2003, p. 141) has pointed out, “neighborhoods not only experience different levels