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Autore: | Zimring Franklin E |
Titolo: | The great American crime decline [[electronic resource] /] / Franklin E. Zimring |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | xiv, 258 p |
Disciplina: | 364.97309/049 |
Soggetto topico: | Crime - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 |
United States Social conditions 1980- | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The great American crime decline |
ISBN: | 9780199702534 |
0199702535 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818873503321 |
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