The
great American crime decline
Zimring, Franklin E.
creator
text
enk
Oxford
Oxford University Press
c2007
2007
monographic
eng
1 online resource (xi, 258 p.) : ill.
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.
specialized
Franklin E. Zimring.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Crime
United States
History
20th century
United States
Economic conditions
1981-2001
United States
Social conditions
1980-
HV6783 .Z56 2007
364.97309049
Studies in crime and public policy
9780199944132 (ebook) :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181159.001.0001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181159.001.0001
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