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Author Sharkey, Patrick, author.

Title Uneasy peace : the great crime decline, the renewal of city life, and the next war on violence / Patrick Sharkey.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
©2018

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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  364.973 SHARKEY    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.973 SHARKEY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.973 SHARKEY    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.973 SHARKEY    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  364.973 SHARKEY    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  364.973 SHARKEY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxii, 244 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-227) and index.
Contents Part I. The new American city. The end of the era of violence ; The new American city ; The transformation of urban space -- Part II. The benefits of the crime decline. The preservation of black lives ; Learning in fear ; Inequality after the crime decline -- Part III. The challenge of violence and urban inequality. Abandonment, punishment, and the new compromise ; The end of warrior policing ; The next urban guardians ; A war on violence.
Summary An eye-opening account of the transformation of cities and an urgent call to action to prevent another crime wave. --Publisher
Subject Crime -- United States -- Sociological aspects.
Crime prevention -- United States.
Urban violence -- United States.
Violent crimes -- United States.
Sociology, Urban -- United States.
City and town life -- United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.
Crime prevention. (OCoLC)fst00883055
Crime -- Sociological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00883017
Urban violence. (OCoLC)fst01162689
Violent crimes. (OCoLC)fst01167321
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 039360960X
9780393609608
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