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Autore |
Zimring Franklin E |
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Titolo |
The great American crime decline [[electronic resource] /] / Franklin E. Zimring |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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0-19-537898-9 |
1-4294-5921-2 |
0-19-970253-5 |
1-280-84541-4 |
0-19-534619-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in crime and public policy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Crime - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 |
United States Social conditions 1980- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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