The great American crime decline / Franklin E. Zimring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimring, Franklin E.

Series:

Studies in crime and public policy.

Studies in crime and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Crime.

United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1980-.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Part I What Happened in the 1990s? 1. The Size and Character of the Crime Decline 2. The Environment for Optimism: Crime Trends and Attitudes about the Effectiveness of Crime Policies Part II The Search for Causes 3. The Usual Suspects: Imprisonment, Demography, and the Economy 4. Progeny of the 1990s: Three New Explanations of Decline Part III Two New Perspectives 5. Which Twin Has the Toni? Some Statistical Lessons from Canada 6. New York City's Natural Experiment Part IV Twenty-First Century Lessons 7. What Happens Next? 8. Seven Lessons from the 1990s Appendix 1: Crime and Abortion Policy in Europe, Canada, and Australia Appendix 2: Supplementary Statistics on Crime Trends in Canada during the 1990s Appendix 3: Trends for the City of New York and the United States during the 1990s Appendix 4: Measuring the Extent of Decline in Selected High-Decline Cities References Index.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Part I: What Happened in the 1990s?

1 The Size and Character of the Crime Decline

2 The Environment for Optimism: Crime Trends and Attitudes about the Effectiveness of Crime Policies

Part II: The Search for Causes

3 The Usual Suspects: Imprisonment, Demography, and the Economy

4 Progeny of the 1990s: Three New Explanations of Decline

Part III: Two New Perspectives

5 Which Twin Has the Toni? Some Statistical Lessons from Canada

6 New York City's Natural Experiment

Part IV: Twenty-First Century Lessons

7 What Happens Next?

8 Seven Lessons from the 1990s

Appendix 1 Crime and Abortion Policy in Europe, Canada, and Australia

Appendix 2 Supplementary Statistics on Crime Trends in Canada during the 1990s

Appendix 3 Trends for the City of New York and the United States during the 1990s

Appendix 4 Measuring the Extent of Decline in Selected High-Decline Cities

References

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780199702534

0199702535

OCLC:

99806476