
Disorder and Decline
Crime and the Spiral of Decay in American Neighborhoods
Wesley G. Skogan(Author)
University of California Press
Published on 28. May 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
218 pages
978-0-520-07693-8 (ISBN)
Description
The purpose of this book is to add a new concern to the list of issues contending for position on the nation's urban policy agenda. By highlighting the relationship between disorder and neighborhood life, Disorder and Decline attempts to expand the scope of the traditionally popular "crime" agenda to encompass other pressing features of urban life. To do this, it was necessary to demonstrate that issues like vandalism and public drinking are somehow as "important" as burglary and drug abuse; thus the book's focus on the serious consequences of disorder for community stability. Because many disorder problems clearly are unresponsive to traditional criminal justice solutions, the book also called for thinking more expansively about what can be done to counter community decline, in particular by the police.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
9 figures, 8 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
49 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-07693-8 (9780520076938)
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Person
Wesley Skogan is Professor of Political Science and Urban Affairs at Northwestern University and directs the Program in Law and the Social Sciences.