Great American Crime Decline

Name: Great American Crime Decline
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ISBN: 9780195378986

ISBN-10: 0195378989

ISBN-13: 9780195378986

Edition: 2009

Authors: Franklin E. Zimring

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Many theories--from the routine to the bizarre--have been offered up to explain the crime decline of the 1990s. Was it record levels of imprisonment? An abatement of the crack cocaine epidemic? More police using better tactics? Or even the effects of legalized abortion? And what can we expect from crime rates in the future? Franklin E. Zimring here takes on the experts, and counters with the first in-depth portrait of the decline and its true significance. The major lesson from the 1990s is that relatively superficial changes in the character of urban life can be associated with up to 75% drops in the crime rate. Crime can drop even if there is no major change in the population, the economy…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English




What Happened in the 1990s?



The Size and Character of the Crime Decline



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



The Search for Causes



The Usual Suspects: Imprisonment, Demography, and the Economy



Progeny of the 1990s: Three New Explanations of Decline



Two New Perspective



Which Twin Has the Toni? Some Statistical Lessons from Canada



New York City's Natural Experiment



Twenty-First Century Lessons



What Happens Next?



Seven Lessons from the 1990s



Crime and Abortion Policy in Europe, Canada, and Australia



Supplementary Statistics on Crime Trends in Canada during the 1990s



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



Measuring the Extent of Decline in Selected High-Decline Cities


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