Unequal Crime Decline: Theorizing Race, Urban Inequality, and Criminal Violence

by Karen Parker

Book Overview

2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Crime in most urban areas has been falling since 1991. While the decline has been well-documented, few scholars have analyzed which groups have most benefited from the crime decline and which are still on the frontlines of violence--and why that might be. In Unequal Crime Decline, Karen F. Parker presents a structural and theoretical analysis of the various factors that affect the crime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814767257
• ISBN13: 9780814767252
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"