The city that became safe
Subtitle: New York's lessons for American crime control
By: Franklin E. Zimring
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780199844425
Subjects: Police; Crime prevention; Crime
Description: An investigation into the reasons why New York City saw a dramatic drop in crime during the late 20th century into the 21st. Franklin Zimring provides a detailed and comprehensive statistical investigation into the city's falling crime rates.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The crime decline - some vital statistics; title: A safe city now?; title: Continuity and change in New York City; title: Of demography and drugs: testing two 1990s theories of crime causation; title: Policing in New York City; title: Open questions; title: Lessons for American crime control; title: Crime and the city.