Re-Examining The Crime Drop

Stephen Farrall (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 116 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-67653-1 (ISBN)

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The crime drop is one of the most important puzzles in contemporary criminology: since the early-1990s many countries appear to exhibit a pronounced decline in crime rates. While there have been many studies on the topic, this book argues that the current crime drop literature relies too heavily on a single methodological approach, and in turn, provides a new method for examining the falling rates of crime, based on ideas from political science and comparative historical social science. Farrall's original new research forwards an understanding of trends in crime and responses to them by questioning the received theoretical assumptions. The book therefore encourages a 'deepening' in the nature of the sorts of studies which have been undertaken so far. Firmly grounded in Political Science, this innovative study is a must read for scholars of Critical Criminology, Criminological Theory, and Politics.

Stephen Farrall is Professor of Criminology in the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Chapter One. Outlining the Crime Drop.- Chapter Two. Critiquing the Crime Drop.- Chapter Three. Explaining the Crime Drop I: Developing a Case Study of Political Change in England and Wales.- Chapter Four. Explaining the Crime Drop II: Responding to Rising Crime Rates in England and Wales.- Chapter Five. Congruence Testing.- Chapter Six. Conclusion.

"Farrall ... examines the theoretical and empirical dimensions of political scientists' efforts to assess how political processes engage 'crime drops' (or reductions in crime). In this engaging account, Farrall focuses primarily on England and Wales but compares his assessment with occurrences and research in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States." (Journal of Community Corrections, Vol. 28 (1), Fall, 2018)

“Farrall … examines the theoretical and empirical dimensions of political scientists' efforts to assess how political processes engage ‘crime drops’ (or reductions in crime). In this engaging account, Farrall focuses primarily on England and Wales but compares his assessment with occurrences and research in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States.” (Journal of Community Corrections, Vol. 28 (1), Fall, 2018)

Erscheinungsdatum	23.11.2017
Reihe/Serie	Critical Criminological Perspectives
Zusatzinfo	XI, 116 p. 13 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	310 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	1980s New Right • British politics • Crime & criminology • Crime and Society • Crime & criminology • crime decline • Crime trends • criminal justice • Criminological Theory • Critical criminology • Epistemology • Historical Analysis • institutionalism • Law and Criminology • Neo-conservativism • Neo-liberalism • Politics • politics & government • Politics & government • Research Methodology • responses to crime • Social research & statistics • Social research & statistics • Social Sciences • Thatcherism • United Kingdom, Great Britain
ISBN-10	3-319-67653-9 / 3319676539
ISBN-13	978-3-319-67653-1 / 9783319676531
Zustand	Neuware