Beschreibung:
The crime drop is one of the most important puzzles in contemporary criminology: since the early-1990s many countries appear to exhibit a pronounced decline in crime rates. While there have been many studies on the topic, this book argues that the current crime drop literature relies too heavily on a single methodological approach, and in turn, provides a new method for examining the falling rates of crime, based on ideas from political science and comparative historical social science.
Chapter One. Outlining the Crime Drop.- Chapter Two. Critiquing the Crime Drop.- Chapter Three. Explaining the Crime Drop I: Developing a Case Study of Political Change in England and Wales.- Chapter Four. Explaining the Crime Drop II: Responding to Rising Crime Rates in England and Wales.- Chapter Five. Congruence Testing.- Chapter Six. Conclusion.