The great American crime decline [electronic resource] / Franklin E. Zimring. Zimring, Franklin E. Crime United States History 20th century. HV6783 .Z56 2007 364.97309049 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Many theories, from the routine to the bizarre, have been offered to explain the crime decline of the 1990s - 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. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007. c2007. 2007 Text 1 online resource (xi, 258 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181159.001.0001 eng Studies in crime and public policy Studies in crime and public policy. United States Economic conditions 1981-2001. United States Social conditions 1980- United States