Unequal crime decline: theorizing race, urban inequality, and criminal violence

Introduction -- The difference race and gender makes : a detailed look at violent crime and the crime drop -- Structural perspectives on crime and their critics -- Racial stratification and the local urban economy -- Race, urban inequality, and the changing nature of violence : an illustration of th...

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Main Author: Parker, Karen Faye (Author)
Contributors: Parker, Karen F. (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY [u.a.] New York Univ. Press c 2008
In:Year: 2008
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3497
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Keywords:
Crime > United States > Sociological aspects
Crime and race > United States
Criminal statistics > United States
Social indicators > United States
USA > Stadt > Gewaltkriminalität > Rückgang > Geschichte 1980-2000 > Kriminalsoziologie
United States > Economic conditions
United States > Social conditions
Urban violence > United States
Violent crimes > United States
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Summary:Introduction -- The difference race and gender makes : a detailed look at violent crime and the crime drop -- Structural perspectives on crime and their critics -- Racial stratification and the local urban economy -- Race, urban inequality, and the changing nature of violence : an illustration of theoretical integration 98 -- Conclusion
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-158) and index
Physical Description:XI, 163 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm
ISBN:0814767257
9780814767252