New York Murder Mystery : : The True Story Behind the Crime Crash of the 1990s / / Andrew Karmen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Karmen, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Andrew Karmen tracks a quarter century of murder in the city Americans have most commonly associated with rampant street crime. Providing both a local and a national context for New York's plunging crime rate, Karmen tests and debunks the many self-serving explanations for the decline. While crediting a more effective police force for its efforts, Karmen also emphasizes the decline of the crack epidemic, skyrocketing incarceration rates, favorable demographic trends, a healthy economy, an influx of hard working and law abiding immigrants, a rise in college enrollment, and an unexpected outbreak of improved behavior by young men growing up in poverty stricken neighborhoods. New York Murder Mystery is the most authoritative study to date of why crime rates rise and fall.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 The 1990s Crime Crash in New York -- 2 Deconstructing Murders -- 3 NYPD or Not NYPD: That Is the Question -- 4 Behind Bars? -- 5 The Drug-Crime Connection -- 6 It’s the Economy, Stupid! Or Is It? Did the Boom Cause the Crash? -- 7 Where Have All the Criminals Gone? Did Favorable Demographic Trends Facilitate the Crash? -- 8 Lessons from the New York Experience -- Appendix -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Author