At Last, Some Good News about Violent Crime

Monday, June 1, 1998

This article examines trends in violent crime in the United States and in North Carolina. It explains some basics of crime measurement and investigates the discrepancy between violent crime as measured by surveys of crime victims and violent crime as officially reported by police. The article concludes with a discussion of some possible explanations for the drop in the violent-crime rate.

Citation: 
Clarke, Stevens H. "At Last, Some Good News about Violent Crime." Popular Government 63, no. 4 (Summer 1998): 3-17.
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