The rise and fall of violent crime in America /
Barry Latzer.
- pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- World War II and its aftermath : crime in the 1940s -- The golden years : violent crime in the 1950s -- Ordeal : the great post-1960s crime rise -- The violence continues : America in the 1980s -- The great downturn : 1995 to the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: History and the study of crime -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781594038358 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2015010962
Violent crimes--History.--United States Crime--United States.