New York Murder Mystery: The True Story Behind the Crime Crash of the 1990s

by Andrew Karmen

Book Overview

Andrew Karmen tracks a quarter century of murder in the city Americans have most commonly associated with rampant street crime. Providing both a local and a national context for New York's plunging crime rate, Karmen tests and debunks the many self-serving explanations for the decline. While crediting a more effective police force for its efforts, Karmen also emphasizes the decline of the crack epidemic, skyrocketing incarceration rates, favorable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081474804X
• ISBN13: 9780814748046
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"