The crime drop in America

Blumstein, Alfred. (Added Author). Wallman, Joel. (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780511312069
ISBN: 0511312067
ISBN: 0511616163
ISBN: 9780511616167
ISBN: 9780511146534
ISBN: 0511146531
ISBN: 9780511147128
ISBN: 0511147120
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 360 pages) : illustrations.
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Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The recent rise and fall of American violence / Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman -- Disaggregating the violence trends / Alfred Blumstein -- Guns and gun violence / Garen J. Wintemute -- The limited importance of prison expansion / William Spelman -- Patterns in adult homicide: 1980-1995 / Richard Rosenfeld -- The rise and decline of hard drugs, drug markets, and violence in inner-city New York / Bruce D. Johnson, Andrew Golub, Eloise Dunlap -- Have changes in policing reduced violent crime? An assessment of the evidence / John E. Eck, Edward R. Maguire -- An economic model of recent trends in violence / Jeffrey Grogger -- Demographics and U.S. homicide / James Alan Fox -- Epilogue, 2005 : After the crime drop / Joel Wallman, Alfred Blumstein.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.