The International Crime Drop

Editors' Introduction PART I: INTERNATIONAL TRENDS  Global Overview: International trends in Victimization and Recorded Crime; J.van Dijk  & A.Tseloni Crime Trends in Western Europe According to Official Statistics from 1990 to 2007; M.F.Aebi  & A.Linde The Case of Australia and New Zealand; P.Mayhew Trends in Violence Against Women: Some Good News and Some Bad News; K.Kangaspunta  & I.H.Marshall The Crime Drop in 'Non-Western' Countries: a Review of Homicide Data; A.A.del Frate  & G.Mugellini PART II: CRIME ANALYSIS AND PATTERNS Underlying Patterns within the England and Wales Crime Drop; A.Britton , C.Kershaw , S.Osborne  & K.Smith Crime, Inequality and Change in England and Wales; L.Grove , A.Tseloni  & N.Tilley The Crime Drop in Comparative Perspective: The Impact of the Economy and Imprisonment on American and European Burglary Rates; R.Rosenfeld  & S.F.Messner PART III: NEW PERSPECTIVES Security and the Drop in Car Theft in the United States; S.Fujita  & M.Maxfield Self-limiting Crime Waves; J.van Dijk  & B.Vollaard The Crime Drop Discourse – or the Illusion of Uniform Continental Trends: Switzerland as a Contrasting Case; M.Killias  & B.Lanfranconi Crime in the Broad Sweep of History; M.Felson Towards a Comprehensive Research Plan on Opportunity Theory and the Crime Falls; A.Tseloni , G.Farrell , N.Tilley , L.Grove , R.Thompson  & L.Garius Editors' Conclusions: Understanding International Crime Trends: A Summing Up