Oxford University Press, Date: 2006-11-30. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.0000 in x 9.2992 in x 6.0984 in. Contains water or spine damage. May contain highlighting/underlining/notes/etc. May have used stickers on cover. Overall, still a fine copy for classroom use! Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed to be included with used books. 2006. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195181158 9780195181159 [US]

Oxford University Press, Date: 2006-11-30. hardcover. Acceptable. 9x0x6. 2006. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195181158 9780195181159 [US]

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Oxford University Press, Date: 2006-11-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2006. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195181158 9780195181159 [US]

ISBN10: 0195181158, ISBN13: 9780195181159, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Many theories--from the routine to the bizarre--have been offered up to explain the crime decline of the 1990s. Was it 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 rates in the future? Franklin E. Zimring here takes on the experts, and counters with the first in-depth portrait of the decline and its true significance. The majorlesson from the 1990s is that relatively superficial changes in the character of urban life can be associated with up to 75% drops in the crime rate. Crime can drop even if there is no major change inthe population, the economy or the schools. Offering the most reliable data available, Zimring documents the decline as the longest and largest since World War II. It ranges across both violent and non-violent offenses, all regions, and every demographic. All Americans, whether they live in cities or suburbs, whether rich or poor, are safer today. Casting a critical and unerring eye on current explanations, this book demonstrates that both long-standing theories of crimeprevention and recently generated theories fall far short of explaining the 1990s drop. A careful study of Canadian crime trends reveals that imprisonment and economic factors may not have played therole in the U.S. crime drop ...
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