Franklin Zimring Analyzes Drop in NYC Crime Rate

The New York Times, February 3, 2011 by Al Baker
http://nyti.ms/hnYFN2

As his paper says, one surprise from the city’s experience is that “the city made giant strides toward solving its crime problem without either winning its war on illicit drug use or massive increases in incarceration.”

“So,” it continues, “the great success in this city is a challenge to the two dominant assumptions of crime control policy in modern America.”