of neighborhood variables examined. The current study extended this developing literature on neighborhood variation in the nature of violence through its examination of several neighborhood factors theorized to be associated with qualitatively different forms of violence. Specifically, this study examined neighborhood variables associated with a structurally induced subculture of violence in relation to robberies with and without guns. The analysis was based on noncommercial robberies that occurred in twenty-nine neighborhoods in one city. Findings suggested that faith in the police was a more important neighborhood factor affecting the nature of robbery than disadvantage, the percent young African-American males, or oppositional values.
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