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COMMUNITY
GEOGRAPHICAL REGION/AREA OF
PEOPLE
DEFINED BY CLOSE SOCIAL
RELATIONS AND
INTERDEPENDENCE
DEFINED AREA NOTED FOR SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS
INVOLVING STRUCTURED EXCHANGE
OF
RESOURCES AND SPECIALIZED
SOCIAL/ECONOMIC
ROLES
LOCAL COMMUNITY
FUNCTIONAL UNIT IN WHICH
GOODS/SERVICES
ARE PROVIDED AND CONSUMED,
INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS ARE CREATED AND
MAINTAINED,
PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES IS
SHARED, AND
WHERE COMMUNALITY EXISTS
AMONG RESIDENTS.
DEMOGRAPHICS OF CONTEMPORARY
BLACK COMMs
1) HISTORICALLY, SLAVE
COMMUNITIES SHOWED
RICH AND COMPLEX SOCIAL
CONNECTIONS
AMONG MEMBERS.
AFTER SLAVERY, BLACKS STARTED
TO DISPERSE
ACROSS COUNTRY SUCH THAT BY
20TH C
MANY WERE LOCATED IN
NORTHEAST AND
SOUTHWEST WHERE THERE WAS
GREATER
URBANIZATION
2) TODAY, MOST BLACKS LIVE IN
METRO AREAS
[CENTRAL CITIES AND THEIR
SUBURBS]
6) BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS
EXPERIENCE
GREATER HEALTH RISKS BECAUSE
NEAR
MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES,
TOXIC
WASTE SITES, INDUSTRICAL SITES,
AND/OR
BECAUSE HOMES ARE OLDER AND
INCLUDE
LEAD PAINT
8) DISADVANTAGED
NEIGHBORHOODS
AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
OUTCOMES
A) INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS
INACCESSIBLE JOBS
GREATER EDUCATION NEEDED
FOR JOBS
AUTOMATION
ABANDONED HOUSES
DRUG TRAFFICKING/DRUG
ABUSE
CRIME
TO FIND A NEGATIVE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE AND
RESIDENTS
BELIEFS THAT THEY CAN
EFFECTIVELY IMPACT
BEHAVIOR IN THEIR COMMUNITY
RESEARCH BASED ON APPROACH HAS
SOMETIMES
SUGGESTED THAT
DISORGANIZATION OF
PHYSICAL SPACE [BROKEN
WINDOWS THEORY]
CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO
INCREASED CRIME
IN COMMUNITIES
SOCIAL CAPITAL APPROACH
EMPHASIZES SHARED NORMS AND
VALUES WITH
EFFECTIVE SANCTIONS AND
RELATIONSHIP-BASED
INFORMATION CHANNELS AS BEING
IMPORTANT
IN IMPEDING NEIGHBORHOOD
DISORGANIZATION
QUALITY/STRUCTURE OF THE
HOME ENVRNMT
3) EXTENT TO WHICH COMMUNITY
INSTITUTIONS
ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPERVISE
AND MONITOR
BEHAV OF RESIDENTS, ESP YOUTH,
AND THE
PRESENCE OF PHYSICAL RISK