New York's lessons for urban crime and its control /
First Statement of Responsibility
Franklin E. Zimring.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2012.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 257 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in crime and public policy
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliography (p. [237]-244) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The crime decline -- some vital statistics -- A safe city now? -- Continuity and change in New York City -- Of demography and drugs: testing two 1990s theories of crime causation -- Policing in New York City -- Open questions -- Lessons for American crime control -- Crime and the city.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Discusses many of the ways that New York City dropped its crime rate between the years of 1991 and 2000.