The City That Became Safe

Categories: Law, Politics & Social Sciences

Criminologist Franklin Zimring examines New York City's dramatic decline in crime from 1990 onward, showing that changes in policing rather than mass incarceration or social changes drove the drop, with lessons for crime control across America.

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