The Blumstein, Alfred 1930- editor Wallman, Joel. editor text bibliography nyu New York Cambridge University Press 2006 Revised edition monographic eng

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xiii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. This revised edition focuses on the drop in crime rates in America in the 1990s, and on the patterns since 2000. The contrasts between the crime-drop periods are explored in the new epilogue, which reviews developments in thinking about the causes and control of crime. The recent rise and fall of American violence / Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman -- Disaggregating the violence trends / Alfred Blumstein -- Guns and gun violence / Garen J. Wintemute -- The limited importance of prison expansion / William Spelman -- Patterns in adult homicide: 1980-1995 / Richard Rosenfeld -- The rise and decline of hard drugs, drug markets, and violence in inner-city New York / Bruce D. Johnson, Andrew Golub, Eloise Dunlap -- Have changes in policing reduced violent crime? An assessment of the evidence / John E. Eck, Edward R. Maguire -- An economic model of recent trends in violence / Jeffrey Grogger -- Demographics and U.S. homicide / James Alan Fox -- Epilogue, 2005 : After the crime drop / Joel Wallman, Alfred Blumstein. [edited by] Alfred Blumstein, Joel Wallman. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Crime United States Crimen Estados Unidos Violent crimes United States Delitos violentos Estados Unidos HV 6789 C929 2006 364.973 9780521681483 0521681480 2005055304 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2005055304-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2005055304-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2005055304-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2005055304-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2005055304-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2005055304-b.html DLC 051101 20240715093134.0 14163005 eng