Objective:

Examine the degree to which adult male social ties with neighborhood youth, or intergenerational ties, increase the perceived willingness of residents to engage in the informal social control of children.

Method:

Survey data from approximately 2,200 residents in 64 neighborhoods along with neighborhood census variables are used to examine the effects of male intergenerational social ties with youth on informal social control. Multilevel linear regression equations adjust for measures of social ties, social cohesion and trust, lagged official crime rates, and the proportion of residents that are males.

Results:

Male intergenerational social ties with youth are found to be an important and unique source of informal social control of children net of other forms of neighborhood social organization, and informal social control of children is shown to decrease neighborhood crime rates.

Conclusions:

This study provides support for assumptions implied in the urban underclass and social disorganization literatures regarding the positive role of male ties (outside of the family) in collective crime prevention capacity.

中文翻译：

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超越他们的缺席：男性代际社会纽带与社区非正式社会控制

目的：

检查成年男性与邻里青年的社会纽带或代际纽带在多大程度上增加了居民对儿童进行非正式社会控制的感知意愿。

方法：

来自64个社区的大约2,200名居民的调查数据以及社区人口普查变量用于检验男性与年轻人之间的代际社会联系对非正式社会控制的影响。多级线性回归方程式可根据社会关系，社会凝聚力和信任度，官方犯罪率的滞后以及男性居民比例的大小进行调整。

结果：

发现男性与青年之间的代际社会联系是对儿童的非正式社会控制的重要且独特的来源，而其他形式的邻里社会组织除外，而对儿童的非正式社会控制被证明可以降低邻里犯罪率。

结论：

这项研究为城市下层阶级和社会混乱的文献所隐含的假设提供了支持，这些假设关于男性联系（家庭以外）在集体犯罪预防能力中的积极作用。