The International Crime Drop

The International Crime Drop
Author: Jan van Dijk
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2012-11-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113729146X


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Drawing on new studies from major European countries and Australia, this exciting collection extends the ongoing debate on falling crime rates from the perspective of criminal opportunity or routine activity theory. It analyses the effect of post WW2 crime booms which triggered a universal improvement in security across the Western world.


The International Crime Drop
Language: en
Pages: 357
Authors: Jan van Dijk
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-14 - Publisher: Springer

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Drawing on new studies from major European countries and Australia, this exciting collection extends the ongoing debate on falling crime rates from the perspect
The Great American Crime Decline
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Franklin E. Zimring
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Many theories--from the routine to the bizarre--have been offered up to explain the crime decline of the 1990s. Was it record levels of imprisonment? An abateme
Fixing Broken Windows
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: George L. Kelling
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Cites successful examples of community-based policing.
Crime Science
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Melissa Smith
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-17 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book provides an introduction to crime science, setting out its essentials. It provides a major statement of the nature and aspirations of crime science, a
The City That Became Safe
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Franklin E. Zimring
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Discusses many of the ways that New York City dropped its crime rate between the years of 1991 and 2000.