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The city that became safe : New York's lessons for urban crime and its control / Franklin E. Zimring.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zimring, Franklin E.
- Series:
- Studies in Crime and Public Policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime prevention--New York (State)--New York.
- Crime prevention.
- Crime--New York (State)--New York.
- Crime.
- Police--New York (State)--New York.
- Police.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An investigation into the reasons why New York City saw a dramatic drop in crime during the late 20th century into the 21st. Franklin Zimring provides a detailed and comprehensive statistical investigation into the city's falling crime rates.
- Contents:
- The crime decline - some vital statistics
- A safe city now?
- Continuity and change in New York City
- Of demography and drugs: testing two 1990s theories of crime causation
- Policing in New York City
- Open questions
- Lessons for American crime control
- Crime and the city.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-932416-6
- 9786613352828
- 1-283-35282-6
- 0-19-984443-7
- OCLC:
- 922970509
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