Uneasy peace : the great crime decline, the renewal of city life, and the next war on violence / Patrick Sharkey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharkey, Patrick, author.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--United States.

City and town life.

Crime.

History.

United States.

Crime--United States--History--20th century.

Crime--United States--History--21st century.

Crime prevention--United States.

Crime prevention.

Crime--United States--Sociological aspects.

Sociology, Urban--United States.

Local Subjects:

Sociology, Urban--United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]

Summary:

"An eye-opening account of the transformation of cities and an urgent call to action to prevent another crime wave. Over the past two decades, American cities have experienced an astonishing drop in violent crime, dramatically changing urban life. In many cases, places once characterized by decay and abandonment are now thriving, the fear of death by gunshot wound replaced by concern about skyrocketing rents. In 2014, most U.S. cities were safer than they had ever been in the history of recorded statistics on crime. Patrick Sharkey reveals the striking consequences: improved school test scores, since children are better able to learn when not traumatized by nearby violence; better chances that poor children will rise into the middle class; and a striking increase in the life expectancy of African American men. Sharkey also delineates the combination of forces, some positive and some negative, that brought about safer streets, from aggressive policing and mass incarceration to the intensive efforts made by local organizations to confront violence in their own communities. From the South Bronx to South Los Angeles, Sharkey draws on original data and textured accounts of neighborhoods across the country to document the most successful proven strategies for combatting violent crime and to lay out innovative and necessary approaches to the problem of violence. At a time when crime is rising again and powerful political forces seek to disinvest in cities, the insights in this book are indispensable."--Jacket.

Contents:

Part I: The new American city. The end of the era of violence ; The new American city ; The transformation of urban space

Part II: The benefits of the crime decline. The preservation of black lives ; Learning in fear ; Inequality after the crime decline

Part III: The challenge of violence and urban inequality. Abandonment, punishment, and the new compromise ; The end of warrior policing ; The next urban guardians ; A war on violence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-227) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Sharkey, Patrick. Uneasy peace.

ISBN:

9780393609608

039360960X

OCLC:

988281086

Publisher Number:

99984752331