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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465102903321

Autore

Zimring Franklin E

Titolo

The great American crime decline [[electronic resource] /] / Franklin E. Zimring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-537898-9

1-4294-5921-2

0-19-970253-5

1-280-84541-4

0-19-534619-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy

Disciplina

364.97309/049

Soggetti

Crime - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Economic conditions 1981-2001

United States Social conditions 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Part I: What Happened in the 1990's?; 1 The Size and Character of the Crime Decline; 2 The Environment for Optimism: Crime Trends and Attitudes about the Effectiveness of Crime Policies; Part II: The Search for Causes; 3 The Usual Suspects: Imprisonment, Demography, and the Economy; 4 Progeny of the 1990's: Three New Explanations of Decline; Part III: Two New Perspectives; 5 Which Twin Has the Toni? Some Statistical Lessons from Canada; 6 New York City's Natural Experiment; Part IV: Twenty-First Century Lessons; 7 What Happens Next?; 8 Seven Lessons from the 1990's

Appendix 1 Crime and Abortion Policy in Europe, Canada, and Australia Appendix 2 Supplementary Statistics on Crime Trends in Canada during the 1990's; Appendix 3 Trends for the City of New York and the United States during the 1990's; Appendix 4 Measuring the Extent of Decline in Selected High-Decline Cities; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Part I What Happened in the 1990's?   1. The Size and Character of the Crime Decline  2. The Environment for Optimism: Crime Trends and



Attitudes about the Effectiveness of Crime Policies  Part II The Search for Causes   3. The Usual Suspects: Imprisonment, Demography, and the Economy  4. Progeny of the 1990's: Three New Explanations of Decline  Part III Two New Perspectives   5. Which Twin Has the Toni? Some Statistical Lessons from Canada  6. New York City's Natural Experiment  Part IV Twenty-First Century Lessons   7. What Happens Next?  8. Seven Lessons from the 1990's  Appendix 1: Crime and