Farrell, G orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-8457, Tseloni, A and Chenevoy, N (2018) Did violence fall after property crime? In: Farrell, G and Sidebottom, A, (eds.) Realist Evaluation for Crime Science: Essays in Honour of Nick Tilley. Crime Science . Routledge ISBN 978-1138647244
Abstract
The research explores why crime rates have fallen steeply in high-income countries in recent decades. Here we address violence, which is arguably the most important remaining area of research relating to the crime drop in relation to the security hypothesis. We explore evidence suggesting that violence fell later than property crime and offer a preliminary explanation. The delayed fall in violence seems to be about three years after the onset of declines in property crime. The explanation we offer is that violence fell as a knock-on effect of declining property crime which fell due to improved security. The delayed effect on violent crime is, we contend, mediated by the impact of more and better security upon offenders of different ages.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | debut crime hypothesis; violent crime drop; crime drop; crime decline; security hypothesis; birth cohort analysis; age-crime curve |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC ES/L014971/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2019 15:56 |
Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2019 15:56 |
Published Version: | https://www.routledge.com/Realist-Evaluation-for-C... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Series Name: | Crime Science |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:137550 |