The contributors to Understanding New York's Crime Drop aim to provoke expanded and sustained attention to crime trends in New York and elsewhere. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Justice Quarterly.

Introduction: New York's Crime Drop Puzzle 1. Evaluating Contemporary Crime Drop(s) in America, New York City, and Many Other Places 2. Placing the Crime Decline in Context: A Comment on Baumer and Wolff 3. Area Differences and Time Trends in Crime Reporting: Comparing New York with Other Metropolitan Areas 4. The New York City Police Department, its Crime Control Strategies and Organizational Changes, 1970-2009 5. The Impact of Police Stops on Precinct Robbery and Burglary Rates in New York City, 2003-2010 6. Stop, Question, and Assess: Comments on Rosenfeld and Fornango 7. Could Innovations in Policing have Contributed to the New York City Crime Drop even in a Period of Declining Police Strength?: The Case of Stop, Question and Frisk as a Hot Spots Policing Strategy 8. Studying New York City's Crime Decline: Methodological Issues 9. Time Series Properties of Crime Rate Changes: Comments Related to David Greenberg's Paper