The Politics of Crime and Conflict: A Comparative History of Four Cities

By Ted Robert Gurr

The Politics of Crime and Conflict is a significant contribution to the comparative study of criminal justice. Its strengths lie in the authors rigorous scholarly analysis and attention to detail; the utility of the conceptual framework as an ordering device for the case studies; the often fresh and insightful conclusions the authors draw from their analysis of the diverse body of data they present; and the valuable heuristic contribution of Prof. Gurrs theoretical model of urban disorder. Finally, the study is well-written and remarkably free from jargon... -- Policy Studies Journal, Vol 6 No 3, Spring 1978 ...one can only praise and applaud these authors efforts to raise the study of urban crime and repression from particularism to cross-national, theory-directed research. -- The American Historical Review, December 1977

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803906773
• ISBN13: 9780803906778
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 770 Pages
• Weight: 2.88 lbs.