| Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence Contributor(s): Sharkey, Patrick (Author), Ochlan, P. J. (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1684410347 ISBN-13: 9781684410347 Publisher: HighBridge Audio OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: January 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Criminology |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.4" W x 5.4" (0.40 lbs) |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning in the mid-1990s, American cities experienced an astonishing drop in violent crime. By 2014, the United States was safer than it had been in sixty years. Sociologist Patrick Sharkey gathered data from across the country to understand why this happened, and how it changed the nature of urban inequality. He shows that the decline of violence is one of the most important public health breakthroughs of the past several decades, that it has made schools safer places to learn and increased the chances of poor children rising into the middle class. Yet there have been costs, in the abuses and high incarceration rates generated by aggressive policing. Sharkey puts forth an entirely new approach to confronting violence and urban poverty. At a time when inequality, complacency, and conflict all threaten a new rise in violent crime, and the old methods of policing are unacceptable, the ideas in this book are indispensable. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sharkey, Patrick: - Patrick Sharkey is chair of the Department of Sociology at New York University. He is also scientific director of Crime Lab New York, an independent organization dedicated to applying and evaluating new methods for addressing crime, violence, and poverty.Ochlan, P. J.: - P. J. Ochlan, an Audie Award-winning and multiple AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, has recorded hundreds of audiobooks. His acting career spans more than thirty years and has also included Broadway, the New York Shakespeare Festival, critically acclaimed feature films, and regular roles in television series. |
