What are some of the reasons cited for the “Great American Crime Decline”?

Students, last week you began to read Frank Zimring “The City that Became Safe”. This speaks about what criminologists call “The Great American Crime Decline” where crime decreased dramatically from a peak in the late 1980’s early 1990’s to a much lower level that we see today. Please read this brief web article about the National Decline https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/what-caused-the-crime-decline/477408/ . Then compare these explanations with Zimring’s arguments for New York City’s crime decline, the greatest and most rapid crime decline of any major city. Answer the following questions:

1) What are some of the reasons cited for the “Great American Crime Decline”?

2) What factors does Zimring cite for the crime decline in New York City? Specifically, which policing tactics does he believe worked and which criminal justice policies do not work?

3) Based off of both Zimring and the Great American crime article- which factors do you believe are most important and why?

4) Based on the factors that you chose as most important, could these things change in the future and bring back another crime wave?