Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

by Patrick Sharkey

Book Overview

Over the past two decades, American cities have experienced an astonishing drop in violent crime, dramatically changing urban life. In many cases, places once characterized by decay and abandonment are now thriving, the fear of death by gunshot wound replaced by concern about skyrocketing rents. In 2014, most U.S. cities were safer than they had ever been in the history of recorded statistics on crime. Patrick Sharkey reveals the striking consequences:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039360960X
• ISBN13: 9780393609608
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"