03551nam 2200517Ia 450 991096679830332120251116153215.097801997025340199702535(MiAaPQ)EBC7037384(CKB)24235073900041(MiAaPQ)EBC415891(Au-PeEL)EBL415891(CaPaEBR)ebr10160649(CaONFJC)MIL84541(OCoLC)99806476(OCoLC)437096310(Au-PeEL)EBL7037384(OCoLC)1336401573(EXLCZ)992423507390004120060412d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe great American crime decline /Franklin E. Zimring1st ed.New York Oxford University Press2007xiv, 258 pStudies in crime and public policyIncludes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Part I: What Happened in the 1990s? -- 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 1990s: 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 1990s -- Appendix 1 Crime and Abortion Policy in Europe, Canada, and Australia -- Appendix 2 Supplementary Statistics on Crime Trends in Canada during the 1990s -- Appendix 3 Trends for the City of New York and the United States during the 1990s -- Appendix 4 Measuring the Extent of Decline in Selected High-Decline Cities -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.Part I What Happened in the 1990s? 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 1990s: 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 1990s Appendix 1: Crime and Abortion Policy in Europe, Canada, and Australia Appendix 2: Supplementary Statistics on Crime Trends in Canada during the 1990s Appendix 3: Trends for the City of New York and the United States during the 1990s Appendix 4: Measuring the Extent of Decline in Selected High-Decline Cities References Index.Studies in crime and public policy.CrimeUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions1981-2001United StatesSocial conditions1980-CrimeHistory364.97309/049Zimring Franklin E472956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910966798303321The great American crime decline4464115UNINA