Losing legitimacy
street crime and the decline of social institutions in America
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Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL354241M
- ISBN-100813334500
- OCLC Control Number38595413
- OCLC Control Numberlosinglegitimacy0000lafr
- Library of Congress Control Number98013957
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- LibraryThing382061
- Goodreads3765385
Classifications
- DDC364.973
- LCCHV6789 .L34 1998
Description
Using unique data that span half a century, Gary LaFree argues that social institutions are the key to understanding the U.S. crime wave. Crime increased along with growing political distrust, economic stress, and family disintegration. These changes were especially pronounced for racial minorities. American society responded by investing more in criminal justice, education, and welfare institutions. Stabilization of traditional social institutions and the effects of new institutional spending account for the modest crime declines of the 1990s.
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- Crime & society
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