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Uneasy Peace The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

Patrick Sharkey

An eye-opening account of the transformation of cities and an urgent call to action to prevent another crime wave. Over the past two decades, American cities have experienced an astonishing drop in violent crime, dramatically changing urban life. In many cases, places once characterized by decay an...

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was highlighted as the key 2018 book that makes sense of the current homicide spike and the fragile peace before 2020.

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I've come to think of his 2018 book Uneasy Peace as really the book for making sense of this moment.

— Episode: Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Ad...

Episode: Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Address It W...

It was highlighted as the key 2018 book that makes sense of the current homicide spike and the fragile peace before 2020.

"

I've come to think of his 2018 book Uneasy Peace as really the book for making sense of this moment.

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