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The Vanishing Criminal: Causes of Decline in Australias Crime Rate (Large Print)
Paperback
Main Details
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The Vanishing Criminal: Causes of Decline in Australias Crime Rate (Large Print)
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Don Weatherburn
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:500 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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Category/Genre | Large Print RHYW Large Print All Dates Non-Fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780369395283
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Edition |
Large Print Edition
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Publishing Details |
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RHYW Large Print
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Imprint |
ReadHowYouWant
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NZ Release Date |
27 December 2022 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
In 2000, Australia had the highest rate of burglary, the highest rate of contact crime (assault, sexual assault and robbery) and the second highest rate of motor vehicle theft among the 25 countries included in the international crime victim survey, which takes in the United States, the United Kingdom and most western European countries. Then in 2001, Australian crime statistics began to decline. By 2018, rates of the most common forms of crime had fallen between 40 and 80 percent and were lower than theyd been in twenty or in some cases thirty years. Australia is not the only country to have experienced this social trend. In The Vanishing Criminal Don Weatherburn and Sara Rahman set out to explain the dramatic fall in crime, rigorously but accessibly comparing competing theories against the available evidence. Their conclusions will surprise many and reshape the terms for discussion of these questions well into the future.
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