Murder in New York City

"Murder in New York City expands what we know about urban homicide, and challenges some of the things we think we know. Eric Monkkonen's investigation covers two centuries of murder in America's big city, combining newly assembled statistical evidence with many other documentary sources to tease out the story behind the figures.". "Monkkonen's long view allows us to look back to a time when guns were rarer, poverty was more widespread, and racial discrimination was more intense and to ask what difference these things make. With many vivid case studies for illustration, Monkkonen examines t...