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Title:

Why crime rates fall and why they don't / edited by Michael Tonry.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

ix, 501 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Crime--Western countries.
Criminal behavior--Western countries.
Criminal statistics--Western countries.

Other Authors:

Tonry, Michael H., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Why the crime drop? / Graham Farrell, Nick Tilley, and Andromachi Tseloni. From swords to words: does macro-level change in self-control predict long-term variation in levels of homicide? / Manuel Eisner -- Cross-comparative perspectives on global homicide trends / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä and Martti Lehti -- The breadth and causes of contemporary cross-national homicide trends / Eric P. Baumer and Kevin T. Wolff -- Understanding trends in personal violence: does cultural sensitivity matter? / Janne Kivivuori -- Crime and inflation in cross-national perspective / Richard Rosenfeld -- Violent female victimization trends across Europe, Canada, and the United States / Rossella Selmini and Suzy McElrath -- Why the crime drop? / Graham Farrell, Nick Tilley, and Andromachi Tseloni.

Series:

Crime and justice : a review of research, 0192-3234 ; volume 43

ISBN:

022620877X (pbk.)
9780226208770 (pbk.)
022620863X (cl : alk. paper)
9780226208633 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)870985696

LCCN:

2014036003

Locations:

UNUX074 -- Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Drake University) (Des Moines)     ** Lending Suspended