The great American crime decline /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The size and character of the crime decline
- 2. The environment for optimism : crime trends and attitudes about the effectiveness of crime policies
- 3. The usual suspects : imprisonment, demography, and the economy
- 4. Progeny of the 1990s : three new explanations of decline
- 5. Which twin had the Toni? Some statistical lessons from Canada
- 6. New York City's natural experiment
- 7. What happens next?
- 8. Seven lessons from the 1990s