Unequal Crime Decline : : Theorizing Race, Urban Inequality, and Criminal Violence /

Unequal Crime Decline : : Theorizing Race, Urban Inequality, and Criminal Violence / / Karen F. Parker.

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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleCrime in most urban areas has been falling since 1991. While the decline has been well-documented, few scholars have analyzed which groups have most benefited from the crime decline and which are still on the frontlines of violence-and why that might be. In Uneq...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Parker, Karen F.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Difference Race and Gender Makes
  • 3. Structural Perspectives on Crime and Their Critics
  • 4. Racial Stratification and the Local Urban Economy
  • 5. Race, Urban Inequality, and the Changing Nature of Violence
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Technical Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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