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Tables of Contents for Losing Legitimacy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Tables and Figures
xi
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
Understanding Postwar Crime Trends
1
11
Interpreting American Crime Trends
3
2
What the Crime Trends Tell Us
5
1
Crime and Social Institutions
6
3
Institutional Responses to Crime
9
3
Riding the Wave: Street Crime Trends in Postwar America
12
23
Official Crime Data
13
1
The Rise of the Self-Report Crime Survey
14
1
The National Crime Victimization Survey
15
2
Comparing Crime Data Sources
17
2
Street Crime Trends in Postwar America
19
6
Some Immediate Implications of Postwar Crime Trends
25
2
Putting the Trends into Context
27
5
Toward an Explanation of Postwar U.S. Crime Trends
32
3
Offender Characterstics and Crime Trends in Postwar America
35
21
Data on Offender Characteristics
36
11
Race and Crime in Postwar America
47
1
Arrest Trends by Race and Ethnicity
48
1
Cross-Sectional Arrest Rates by Race
49
2
Postwar Trends in African American and White Crime
51
1
Offender Characteristics and Postwar Crime Trends
52
4
Evaluating Common Explanations of Crime
56
14
Common Theories of Crime
56
12
Toward an Explanation of Postwar American Crime Trends
68
2
Crime and Social Institutions
70
21
Institutional Legitimacy, Change, and Crime
72
6
Crime and Social Institutions
78
10
The Timing of Postwar Institutional Changes
88
3
Crime and American Political Institutions
91
23
Political Institutions and Crime
92
5
Entering the Age of Distrust
97
3
Declinig Political Legitimacy in Postwar America
100
8
Crime Trends and Civil Rights-Related Actions
108
3
Summary and Conclusions
111
3
Crime and American Economic Institutions
114
21
Crime and Economic Institutions
115
6
Economic Legitimacy and Crime in Postwar America
121
12
Conclusions; Crime and the Postwar Economy
133
2
Crime and Changes in the American Family
135
17
Family Organization and Legitimacy
136
4
Family Change and Crime Trends
140
9
Connections Between the Family and Other Institutions
149
1
Conclusions and Implications
150
2
Institutional Responses to the Legitimacy Crisis: Criminal Justice, Education, and Welfare
152
21
Postwar Trends in Criminal Justice, Education, and Welfare
154
3
The Shifting Impact of New Institutional Responses
157
2
Education, Welfare, and Crime
159
5
Crime and the Criminal Justice System in Postwar America
164
7
Summary and Conclusions
171
2
Crime and Institutional Legitimacy in Postwar America
173
22
Connections Among the Three Institutions
176
2
What Can Be Done to Reduce Crime?
178
10
Implications for Research, Theory, and Social Policy
188
3
Institutions, Crime, and Social Change
191
4
Notes
195
38
Index
233