Perceptions of disorder: Contributions of neighborhood characteristics to subjective perceptions of disorder

By L. Franzini, M. Caughy, S. Nettles, P. O’Campo. 2008

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Revisiting Broken Windows Theory: Examining the Sources of the Discriminant Validity of Perceived Disorder and Crime (2010, background): “People's psychological constructions of disorder do not flow linearly or unambiguously from actual neighborhood disorder; other area conditions profoundly influence people's estimates of the quantity and severity of disorder (Franzini et al., 2007; Sampson & Raudenbush, 2004).”
"Seeing" Minorities And Perceptions Of Disorder: Explicating The Mediating And Moderating Mechanisms Of Social Cohesion (2013, background): “Yet, as scholars note, residents’ perceptions of disorder are subjective and strongly influenced by a neighborhood’s socio-demographic composition (Franzini et al., 2007; Quillian and Pager, 2001; Sampson, 2009; Sampson and Raudenbush, 1999; Sampson and Raudensbush 2004; Taylor, 2001).”
Revisiting Risk Sensitivity in the Fear of Crime (2011, background): “Where people live may be important in explaining people’s perceptions of social cohesion and decline that then shape perceived risk, although people can come to quite different conclusions about the same environmental stimuli (Carvalho and Lewis 2003; Franzini et al. 2008; Jackson 2004; Sampson and ”