The Crime Drop in America (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)
Contributors: Alfred Blumstein (Editor); Joel Wallman (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780521797122
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Social Science; Sociology; Criminal Law - General; Criminology; Crime; Law-Criminal Law - General; Social Science / Criminology; Violent crimes
First sentence: AMERICANS' PRIDE IN THEIR NATION'S MATERIAL PROSPERITY, thriving democracy, and often admirable role in world affairs is tempered, for many, by concern and puzzlement over another American distinction - her perennial presence at the top of the list of the most violent industrial nations.