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Losing Legitimacy

Street Crime And The Decline Of Social Institutions In America

Losing Legitimacy

Street Crime And The Decline Of Social Institutions In America

ByGary Lafree
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1998
eBook Published 2 February 2018
Pub. location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780429499135
Pages 260 pages
eBook ISBN 9780429967689
SubjectsSocial Sciences
KeywordsStreet Crime, Street Crime Rates, Postwar Crime Trends, Middle Postwar Years, Crime Trends
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Lafree, G. (1998). Losing Legitimacy. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429499135
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold. These increases were historically patterned, were often very rapid, and had a disproportionate impact on African Americans. Much of the crime explosion took place in a space of just ten years beginning in the early 1960s. Common explanations based on biological impulses, psychological drives, or slow-moving social indicators cannot explain the speed or timing of these changes or their disproportionate impact on racial minorities. Using unique data that span half a century, Gary LaFree argues that social institutions are the key to understanding the U.S. crime wave. Crime increased along with growing political distrust, economic stress, and family disintegration. These changes were especially pronounced for racial minorities. American society responded by investing more in criminal justice, education, and welfare institutions. Stabilization of traditional social institutions and the effects of new institutional spending account for the modest crime declines of the 1990s.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter one|11 pages
Understanding Postwar Crime Trends
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter two|23 pages
Riding the Wave
Street Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter three|21 pages
Offender Characteristics and Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter four|14 pages
Evaluating Common Explanations of Crime
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter five|21 pages
Crime and Social Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter six|23 pages
Crime and American Political Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter seven|21 pages
Crime and American Economic Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter eight|17 pages
Crime and Changes in the American Family
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter nine|21 pages
Institutional Responses to the Legitimacy Crisis
Criminal Justice, Education, and Welfare
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter ten|21 pages
Crime and Institutional Legitimacy in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold. These increases were historically patterned, were often very rapid, and had a disproportionate impact on African Americans. Much of the crime explosion took place in a space of just ten years beginning in the early 1960s. Common explanations based on biological impulses, psychological drives, or slow-moving social indicators cannot explain the speed or timing of these changes or their disproportionate impact on racial minorities. Using unique data that span half a century, Gary LaFree argues that social institutions are the key to understanding the U.S. crime wave. Crime increased along with growing political distrust, economic stress, and family disintegration. These changes were especially pronounced for racial minorities. American society responded by investing more in criminal justice, education, and welfare institutions. Stabilization of traditional social institutions and the effects of new institutional spending account for the modest crime declines of the 1990s.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter one|11 pages
Understanding Postwar Crime Trends
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter two|23 pages
Riding the Wave
Street Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter three|21 pages
Offender Characteristics and Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter four|14 pages
Evaluating Common Explanations of Crime
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter five|21 pages
Crime and Social Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter six|23 pages
Crime and American Political Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter seven|21 pages
Crime and American Economic Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter eight|17 pages
Crime and Changes in the American Family
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter nine|21 pages
Institutional Responses to the Legitimacy Crisis
Criminal Justice, Education, and Welfare
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter ten|21 pages
Crime and Institutional Legitimacy in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold. These increases were historically patterned, were often very rapid, and had a disproportionate impact on African Americans. Much of the crime explosion took place in a space of just ten years beginning in the early 1960s. Common explanations based on biological impulses, psychological drives, or slow-moving social indicators cannot explain the speed or timing of these changes or their disproportionate impact on racial minorities. Using unique data that span half a century, Gary LaFree argues that social institutions are the key to understanding the U.S. crime wave. Crime increased along with growing political distrust, economic stress, and family disintegration. These changes were especially pronounced for racial minorities. American society responded by investing more in criminal justice, education, and welfare institutions. Stabilization of traditional social institutions and the effects of new institutional spending account for the modest crime declines of the 1990s.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter one|11 pages
Understanding Postwar Crime Trends
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter two|23 pages
Riding the Wave
Street Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter three|21 pages
Offender Characteristics and Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter four|14 pages
Evaluating Common Explanations of Crime
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter five|21 pages
Crime and Social Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter six|23 pages
Crime and American Political Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter seven|21 pages
Crime and American Economic Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter eight|17 pages
Crime and Changes in the American Family
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter nine|21 pages
Institutional Responses to the Legitimacy Crisis
Criminal Justice, Education, and Welfare
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter ten|21 pages
Crime and Institutional Legitimacy in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold. These increases were historically patterned, were often very rapid, and had a disproportionate impact on African Americans. Much of the crime explosion took place in a space of just ten years beginning in the early 1960s. Common explanations based on biological impulses, psychological drives, or slow-moving social indicators cannot explain the speed or timing of these changes or their disproportionate impact on racial minorities. Using unique data that span half a century, Gary LaFree argues that social institutions are the key to understanding the U.S. crime wave. Crime increased along with growing political distrust, economic stress, and family disintegration. These changes were especially pronounced for racial minorities. American society responded by investing more in criminal justice, education, and welfare institutions. Stabilization of traditional social institutions and the effects of new institutional spending account for the modest crime declines of the 1990s.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter one|11 pages
Understanding Postwar Crime Trends
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter two|23 pages
Riding the Wave
Street Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter three|21 pages
Offender Characteristics and Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter four|14 pages
Evaluating Common Explanations of Crime
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter five|21 pages
Crime and Social Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter six|23 pages
Crime and American Political Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter seven|21 pages
Crime and American Economic Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter eight|17 pages
Crime and Changes in the American Family
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter nine|21 pages
Institutional Responses to the Legitimacy Crisis
Criminal Justice, Education, and Welfare
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter ten|21 pages
Crime and Institutional Legitimacy in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold. These increases were historically patterned, were often very rapid, and had a disproportionate impact on African Americans. Much of the crime explosion took place in a space of just ten years beginning in the early 1960s. Common explanations based on biological impulses, psychological drives, or slow-moving social indicators cannot explain the speed or timing of these changes or their disproportionate impact on racial minorities. Using unique data that span half a century, Gary LaFree argues that social institutions are the key to understanding the U.S. crime wave. Crime increased along with growing political distrust, economic stress, and family disintegration. These changes were especially pronounced for racial minorities. American society responded by investing more in criminal justice, education, and welfare institutions. Stabilization of traditional social institutions and the effects of new institutional spending account for the modest crime declines of the 1990s.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter one|11 pages
Understanding Postwar Crime Trends
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter two|23 pages
Riding the Wave
Street Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter three|21 pages
Offender Characteristics and Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter four|14 pages
Evaluating Common Explanations of Crime
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter five|21 pages
Crime and Social Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter six|23 pages
Crime and American Political Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter seven|21 pages
Crime and American Economic Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter eight|17 pages
Crime and Changes in the American Family
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter nine|21 pages
Institutional Responses to the Legitimacy Crisis
Criminal Justice, Education, and Welfare
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter ten|21 pages
Crime and Institutional Legitimacy in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold. These increases were historically patterned, were often very rapid, and had a disproportionate impact on African Americans. Much of the crime explosion took place in a space of just ten years beginning in the early 1960s. Common explanations based on biological impulses, psychological drives, or slow-moving social indicators cannot explain the speed or timing of these changes or their disproportionate impact on racial minorities. Using unique data that span half a century, Gary LaFree argues that social institutions are the key to understanding the U.S. crime wave. Crime increased along with growing political distrust, economic stress, and family disintegration. These changes were especially pronounced for racial minorities. American society responded by investing more in criminal justice, education, and welfare institutions. Stabilization of traditional social institutions and the effects of new institutional spending account for the modest crime declines of the 1990s.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter one|11 pages
Understanding Postwar Crime Trends
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter two|23 pages
Riding the Wave
Street Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter three|21 pages
Offender Characteristics and Crime Trends in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter four|14 pages
Evaluating Common Explanations of Crime
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter five|21 pages
Crime and Social Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter six|23 pages
Crime and American Political Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter seven|21 pages
Crime and American Economic Institutions
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter eight|17 pages
Crime and Changes in the American Family
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter nine|21 pages
Institutional Responses to the Legitimacy Crisis
Criminal Justice, Education, and Welfare
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
chapter ten|21 pages
Crime and Institutional Legitimacy in Postwar America
ByGary LaFree
View abstract
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