Losing Legitimacy: Street Crime And The Decline Of Social Institutions In America - Paperback
by Gary Lafree
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gary LafreeSeries:Crime and SocietyPublish date:1999-11-12Pages:260
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780813334516ISBN-10:813334519UPC:9780813334516Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, CriminologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCEHDEMJFC
In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold. These increases were historically patterned, were often very rapid, and had a disproportionate impact on African Americans. Much of the crime explosion took place in a space of just ten years beginning in the early 1960s. Common explanations based on biological impulses, psychological drives, or slow-moving social...
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780813334516ISBN-10:813334519UPC:9780813334516Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, CriminologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCEHDEMJFC
Gary LaFree is professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland.
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