From Causal Mechanisms to Policy Mechanisms: Why Did Crime Decline and What Lessons Can Be Learned from It?

Criminology has not systematically identified the cause or causes of perhaps the most seminal event in crime and justice of the last half century: the crime decline of the 1990s. This paper uses a causes-of-effects analysis to infer the mechanisms of the crime decline. This is not a purely academic...

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Main Author: Roman, John K. 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 47, Issue: 6, Pages: 1116-1139
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Crime Decline
Justice System Reform
Violence

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