Sentences with phrase «informal social control»

But there needs to be policing, informal social control, so the people feel a responsibility.

The investigation discussed in this article drew from social disorganization theory to examine the effects of perceived neighborhood informal social control and perceived neighborhood crime on adolescents» perceptions of peers» behavior.

Specifically, we focus on relationships among youth and their parents, family communication, parental monitoring, as well as sense of community and neighborhood informal social control, support, concerns, and disorder.

Study findings have implications for the primary prevention of youth violence, including the use of family - based approaches that build relationships and parental monitoring skills and community - level change approaches that promote informal social control and reduce neighborhood concerns about safety.

The Chinese version of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy Scale (NCES) is a 10 - item scale, with 5 items each on informal social control and social cohesion (Cronbach's alpha: 0.63).60

These actions will be considered with informal social control rather than under police business.

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In the present study, I investigate: 1) How children develop the ability to consider the nature of knowledge within the context of conversation; 2) Whether improved epistemological understanding supports children's critical thinking in informal social learning; 3) Whether cognitive self - control and verbal IQ moderate or mediate epistemological development; and 4) Whether individual differences in epistemological understanding relate to parent characteristics.

It would appear that controlling for prior participation increases the variance accounted for in the models of both formal and informal social participation.