The international crime drop

Editors' Introduction PART I: INTERNATIONAL TRENDS Global Overview: International trends in Victimization and Recorded Crime J.van Dijk & A.Tseloni Crime Trends in Western Europe According to Official Statistics from 1990 to 2007 M.F.Aebi & A.Linde The Case of Australia and New Zealand P.Mayhew Trends in Violence Against Women: Some Good News and Some Bad News K.Kangaspunta & I.H.Marshall The Crime Drop in 'Non-Western' Countries: a Review of Homicide Data A.A.del Frate & G.Mugellini PART II: CRIME ANALYSIS AND PATTERNS Underlying Patterns within the England and Wales Crime Drop A.Britton , C.Kershaw , S.Osborne & K.Smith Crime, Inequality and Change in England and Wales L.Grove , A.Tseloni & N.Tilley The Crime Drop in Comparative Perspective: The Impact of the Economy and Imprisonment on American and European Burglary Rates R.Rosenfeld & S.F.Messner PART III: NEW PERSPECTIVES Security and the Drop in Car Theft in the United States S.Fujita & M.Maxfield Self-limiting Crime Waves J.van Dijk & B.Vollaard The Crime Drop Discourse - or the Illusion of Uniform Continental Trends: Switzerland as a Contrasting Case M.Killias & B.Lanfranconi Crime in the Broad Sweep of History M.Felson Towards a Comprehensive Research Plan on Opportunity Theory and the Crime Falls A.Tseloni , G.Farrell , N.Tilley , L.Grove , R.Thompson & L.Garius Editors' Conclusions: Understanding International Crime Trends: A Summing Up

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