Unequal crime decline
Subtitle: theorizing race, urban inequality, and criminal violence
By: Karen F. Parker.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780814767252
Subjects: Crime -- Sociological aspects -- United States; Crime and race -- United States; Criminal statistics -- United States; Urban violence -- United States; Social indicators -- United States; Violent crimes -- United States; United States -- Social conditions; United States -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The difference race and gender makes : a detailed look at violent crime and the crime drop; title: Structural perspectives on crime and their critics; title: Racial stratification and the local urban economy; title: Race, urban inequality, and the changing nature of violence : an illustration of theoretical integration 98; title: Conclusion.