Lynn A Curtis

Biographic Data

ID100229
NAMELynn A Curtis
GIVEN NAMESLynn A
FAMILY NAMECurtis
SIGNATURECURTIS L A
AFFILIATIONSSocial Science Research Council
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS23
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
H-INDEX2

  • Locked in the Poorhouse

    Richard Rosenfeld, Fred R Harris et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2000

    Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Kerner Report Thirty Years Later Chapter 3 Urban Poverty, Welfare Reform, and Child Development Chapter 4 Poverty as a Public Health Issue: Since the Kerner Report of 1968 Chapter 5 The New Urban Poverty: Consequences of the Economic and Social Decline of Inner-City Neighborhoods Chapter 6 Urban Poverty, Race, and the Inner City: The Bitter Fruit of Thirty Years of Neglect Chapter 7 Race, Violence, and Justice…

  • The Retreat of Folly

    Open AccessLynn A CurtisARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1987Cited by: 1References: 3

    Community-based alternatives to the criminal justice system, like block watches and patrols, that seek to reduce opportunities for crime without addressing the causes of crime have, in part, become public relations gimmicks designed, at best, to assuage fear. Inner-city residents want more crime prevention along the lines of Argus, Centro, the Community Boards, and Umoja. Preliminary evaluation results from a national demonstration in inner-city …

  • American Violence and Public Policy

    Open AccessPeter Reuter, Lynn A Curtis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1986

  • Inflation, Economic Policy, and the Inner City

    Open AccessLynn A CurtisARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1981Cited by: 2

    This article describes the greater impact of inflation among the poor and minorities in American inner cities than among other population groups. Surveys show, however, that minorities are even more concerned over unemployment and racial discrimination than over inflation. There are indications that, especially today, crime and potential group disorder are affected by or influence inflation, unemployment, and discrimination in the inner city. Wit…

  • The conservative new criminology

    Open AccessLynn A CurtisARTICLESociety1977

  • The Future of Collective Violence

    STANLEY K SHERNOCK, Joseph D Ben-Dak et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1976

  • Sexual combat

    Open AccessLynn A Curtis, Herb Zeigler et al.ARTICLESociety1976

  • Criminal Violence

    Joseph S Roucek, Lynn A Curtis et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1976

  • Violence, race, and culture

    Lynn A CurtisBOOKViolence, race, and culture1975

  • Robbery and the Criminal Justice System

    Lynn A CurtisREVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1974

  • Victim Precipitation and Violent Crime

    Lynn A CurtisARTICLESocial Problems1974Cited by: 20References: 6

    Victim precipitation is denned and its incidence estimated in a U.S. national sample of police reports on serious violent crime. Findings from related studies are compared. Provocation appears not uncommon in criminal homicide and aggravated assault, less frequent but still empirically noteworthy in robbery, and perhaps least relevant in forcible rape

  • Vol. I & II, Violence in America

    Allen D Grimshaw, Richard Quinney et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1971