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The crime drop in America / [edited by] Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman.

Contributor(s): Blumstein, Alfred | Wallman, Joel.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press): Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006Edition: Rev. ed.Description: xiii, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0521862795 (alk. paper); 0521681480.Subject(s): Crime -- United States | Violent crimes -- United StatesDDC classification: 364.973 Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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