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Re-Examining The Crime Drop /

The crime drop is one of the most important puzzles in contemporary criminology: since the early-1990s many countries appear to exhibit a pronounced decline in crime rates. While there have been many studies on the topic, this book argues that the current crime drop literature relies too heavily on...

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Main Authors: Farrall, Stephen
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives
Subjects:
Great Britain > Politics and government
Critical criminology
Crime > Sociological aspects
Criminology
Sociology > Research
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Crime and Society
Criminological Theory
British Politics
Research Methodology
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67654-8
Summary: The crime drop is one of the most important puzzles in contemporary criminology: since the early-1990s many countries appear to exhibit a pronounced decline in crime rates. While there have been many studies on the topic, this book argues that the current crime drop literature relies too heavily on a single methodological approach, and in turn, provides a new method for examining the falling rates of crime, based on ideas from political science and comparative historical social science. Farrall s original new research forwards an understanding of trends in crime and responses to them by ques
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XI, 116 pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319676548
CLC: D917

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