Theses (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: contains v, 48 pages. Bibliography: p. 46-48.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-122).

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala, 1981. / Abstract in English; summary in German. Bibliography: p. 338-349.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dept. of Sociology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005. / "A thesis in sociology." Typescript. Advisor: Philip G. Olson. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 27, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-92). Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2003. Graduate Programme in Geography. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 261-277). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NQ99257

In the last few decades, China has experienced unprecedented economic growth and urban transformation. A large body of literature has examined urban restructuring and migration at different geographical scales. Intra-urban migration, or residential mobility, however, has received less attention, which has major implications for individuals' well-being, neighbourhood governance and urban transformation. This research tries to extend the literature on residential decisions and relocation in Chinese cities, focusing on the causes, patterns and effects of residential move, using data from a large-scale survey conducted at the end of 2012 in the City of Guangzhou. First, it analyses the time trend of residential mobility and factors underlying residential move in an event-history analysis framework, by explicitly incorporating cohort or generation differences. It is found that not only substantially higher mobility propensities for young adults than middle-aged individuals and senior citizens, but significant differential effects of major determinants such as hukou, educational attainment, birth of a child in the family and child rearing, on housing consumption and residential relocation across age cohorts. Second, it addresses the residential shifts within and between three distance zones - inner core, inner suburbs and outer suburbs - and reveals complex spatial mobility trends. Third, it explores how feelings like neighbourhood attachment are conditioned upon residential mobility and neighbourhood change. This thesis contributes to the study of residential relocation by incorporating cohort differences to address the complexities of residential mobility and providing a mapping of the spatial patterns for intra-urban migration with a case study. In addition, it highlights the importance of looking beyond traditional explanations of such as neighbourhood attachment, to include individual urbanites' past mobility experiences.

abstract: This dissertation integrates concepts from three bodies of literature: police use of force, neighborhood/ecological influence on police, and police culture. Prior research has generally found that neighborhood context affects police use of force. While scholars have applied social disorganization theory to understand why neighborhood context might influence use of force, much of this theorizing and subsequent empirical research has focused exclusively on structural characteristics of an area, such as economic disadvantage, crime rates, and population demographics. This exclusive focus has occurred despite the fact that culture was once an important component of social disorganization theory in addition to structural factors. Moreover, the majority of the theorizing and subsequent research on police culture has neglected the potential influence that neighborhood context might have on officers’ occupational outlooks. The purpose of this dissertation is to merge the structural and cultural elements of social disorganization theory in order to shed light on the development and maintenance of police officer culture as well as to further specify the relationship between neighborhood context and police use of force. Using data from the Project on Policing Neighborhoods (POPN), I address three interrelated research questions: 1) does variation of structural characteristics at the patrol beat level, such as concentrated disadvantage, homicide rates, and the percentage of minority citizens, predict how an officer views his/her occupational outlook (i.e., culture)?; 2) do officers who work in the same patrol beats share a similar occupational outlook (i.e., culture) or is there variation?; and 3) does the inclusion of police culture at the officer level moderate the relationship between patrol beat context and police use of force? Findings suggest that a patrol beat’s degree of concentrated disadvantage and homicide rate slightly influence officer culture at the individual level. Results show mixed evidence of a patrol beat culture. There is little support for the idea that characteristics of the patrol beat and individual officer culture interact to influence police use of force. I conclude with a detailed discussion of the methodological, theoretical, and policy implications as well as limitations and directions for future research. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Criminology and Criminal Justice 2016

The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to validate the pre-supposed hypothesis, that 'The application of Perry's neighbourhood unit theory and its scheme in Vancouver is successful in its physical aspect and is not successful in its social aspect'. The study program includes the following eight steps: 1. Reviewing the historical aspect of Perry's theory. 2. Describing Perry's theory and its scheme and defining its goal. 3. Summarizing the ramifications of its application. 4. Examining the main criticisms of Perry's theory. 5. Analyzing and evaluating Perry's theory in detail. 6. Surveying the Renfrew Heights area in Vancouver, B.C. 7. Inducting and interpreting the survey findings. 8. From the findings, evaluating the hypothesis. Through this program, the first five steps have helped the writer to have a deeper understanding of Perry's theory. From the final three steps it is concluded that the hypothesis is valid. From the whole study it is concluded that Perry's neighbourhood unit theory and its scheme are still useful. The basis for this conclusion is not because of the goal of Perry's theory, but because the theory provides maximum possible facilities in a residential area with its self-contained character. Finally it is concluded that the successful application of a theory is critical, and the failure of its application does not reduce the value of the theory. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

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