The crime drop in America /
The crime drop in America /
[edited by] Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman.
- Revised edition
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- xiii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge studies in criminology .
- Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The recent rise and fall of American violence / Disaggregating the violence trends / Guns and gun violence / The limited importance of prison expansion / Patterns in adult homicide: 1980-1995 / The rise and decline of hard drugs, drug markets, and violence in inner-city New York / Have changes in policing reduced violent crime? An assessment of the evidence / An economic model of recent trends in violence / Demographics and U.S. homicide / Epilogue, 2005 : After the crime drop / Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman -- Alfred Blumstein -- Garen J. Wintemute -- William Spelman -- Richard Rosenfeld -- Bruce D. Johnson, Andrew Golub, Eloise Dunlap -- John E. Eck, Edward R. Maguire -- Jeffrey Grogger -- James Alan Fox -- Joel Wallman, Alfred Blumstein.
This revised edition focuses on the drop in crime rates in America in the 1990s, and on the patterns since 2000. The contrasts between the crime-drop periods are explored in the new epilogue, which reviews developments in thinking about the causes and control of crime.
9780521681483 0521681480
2005055304
Crime--United States.
Crimen--Estados Unidos
Violent crimes--United States.
Delitos violentos --Estados Unidos
HV 6789 / C929 2006
364.973
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The recent rise and fall of American violence / Disaggregating the violence trends / Guns and gun violence / The limited importance of prison expansion / Patterns in adult homicide: 1980-1995 / The rise and decline of hard drugs, drug markets, and violence in inner-city New York / Have changes in policing reduced violent crime? An assessment of the evidence / An economic model of recent trends in violence / Demographics and U.S. homicide / Epilogue, 2005 : After the crime drop / Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman -- Alfred Blumstein -- Garen J. Wintemute -- William Spelman -- Richard Rosenfeld -- Bruce D. Johnson, Andrew Golub, Eloise Dunlap -- John E. Eck, Edward R. Maguire -- Jeffrey Grogger -- James Alan Fox -- Joel Wallman, Alfred Blumstein.
This revised edition focuses on the drop in crime rates in America in the 1990s, and on the patterns since 2000. The contrasts between the crime-drop periods are explored in the new epilogue, which reviews developments in thinking about the causes and control of crime.
9780521681483 0521681480
2005055304
Crime--United States.
Crimen--Estados Unidos
Violent crimes--United States.
Delitos violentos --Estados Unidos
HV 6789 / C929 2006
364.973