New York Murder Mystery : The True Story Behind the Crime Crash of the 1990s
336pp. Still in shrink wrap. Black cloth-covered boards, dust wrapper. 8vo. Comprehensive analysis of the dramatic drop in crime in NYC. Andrew Karmen tracks a quarter century of murder in the city Americans have most commonly associated with rampant street crime. Providing both a local and a national context for New York's plunging crime rate, Karmen tests and debunks the many self-serving explanations for the decline.
