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Description: This paper examines the relevance of perceptions of crime seriousness and Native American Indian cultural values to collective efficacy in two distinct cultural groups residing in the same rural Native American Indian reservation in Colorado. The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, which examined census track differences in community level violence within an urban area, concluded that collective efficacy mitigates the impact of concentrated disadvantage on neighborhood violence. Similarly, the present study utilized survey and interview data collected during the Southern Ute Indian Community Safety Survey to determine that perceptions of crime seriousness and Indian cultural values are associated with the group’s level of collective efficacy. Findings suggest that Indians and non-Indians may respond differently to community victimization.
Suggested Citation:
Abril, J.C. (2007). Perceptions of crime seriousness, cultural values, and collective efficacy among Native American Indians and non-Indians within the same reservation community [Electronic Version]. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice,
3(2), 172-196.
Keywords: native american indians, collective efficacy, crime seriousness, ethnic identity, cultural values
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