Social SciencesCriminologyUrban StudiesCrimeUrban SociologyCrime PolicyCrime PreventionCriminal JusticeHistory Of CrimeUrban CrimeSymptomatic Therapy
The problem of crime in America has become a preoccupation of urban residents. James Q. Wilson discusses some objective and subjective reasons for the rise in the crime rate in the late 1960's and early 1970's and presents a symptomatic approach to dealing with this crime rate.