Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline,the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence
Posted by University of Pennsylvania on August 13, 2018
Join us for the 35th Urban Studies Annual Public Lecture!
October 15th at 5:30pm
Patrick Sharkey, Professor and Chair of Sociology, New York University
Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline,the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence
Listening to the news or politicians, we might assume that crime rates remain high or are even on the increase in cities.
Sharkey reviews the evidence that violent crime rates have fallen steeply over the past two decades in American cities, and examines explanations for their decline.
University of Pennsylvania
College Hall, Room 200
Free and open to the public
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/urban/news-events/events/35th-annual-public-lecture-patrick-sharkey
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