Crime in the City: A Political and Economic Analysis of Urban Crime (Criminal Justice)

Reid, Lesley Williams

ISBN 10: 1931202737 ISBN 13: 9781931202732

Publisher: Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc, 2003

Synopsis

By exploring the political and economic histories of Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and New Orleans, Reid documents how each city experienced the demise of the industrial, welfare-state political economy and the rise of the post-industrial, absentee-state political economy and how these transformations have affected urban crime rates. Crime rates increased as manufacturing employment decreased. By contrast, high-skill service-sector growth led to less crime in Boston, while low-skill service-sector growth led to more crime in Atlanta. In addition, those cities emphasizing criminal justice expenditures at the expense of social welfare expenditures have had more crime than those cities that did not. Political and economic conditions have influenced crime rates, in sometimes surprising ways, across the post-World War II urban landscape.

About this title

About the Author:

Lesley Williams Reid is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgia State University. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Tulane University in 2000. Her research interests center around the relationship between historical changes in the U.S. political economy and contemporary social issues, including trends in urban crime, patterns of racial inequality, labor market structures, and neighborhood redevelopment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1931202737
• ISBN 13: 9781931202732
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 268