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The great American crime decline /
Many theories, from the routine to the bizarre, have been offered to explain the crime decline of the 1990s - record levels of imprisonment, an abatement of the crack cocaine epidemic, more police using better tactics, or even the effects of legalized abortion. And what can we expect from crime rate...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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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: | Texto completo |
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.