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.


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Crime--United States.
Crimen--Estados Unidos
Violent crimes--United States.
Delitos violentos --Estados Unidos

HV 6789 / C929 2006

364.973