Understanding New Yorks Crime Drop [Hardcover]

This book explores New York Citys historic crime drop over the past quarter of a century. New York Citys dramatic crime decline is a real brainteaser: no one predicted it and, as of yet, no one has explained it, at least to the satisfaction of most social scientists who study crime trends.

Three strategic lessons emerge from the contributions to this volume on New Yorks crime drop. It is suggested that future research should:

go wide by putting New York in comparative context, nationally and internationally;

go long by putting New Yorks recent experience in historical context;

develop a strong ground game by investigating New Yorks crime drop across multiple spatial units, down to the street segment.

The contributors to Understanding New Yorks 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 Yorks 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. Studyingl)